It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes.

Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

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.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.