...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.

The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to be Rabelaisian; its major religions were all Apollonian in varying degrees---its religious revivals were often hysterical in a fashion almost Dionysian.

Never cast pearls before swine.

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'