He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

At twenty the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.