Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

Never insult anyone by accident.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range than we've got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better - and the vile ones are viler, for that matter.

Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.