How old are you Johnny" she asked. Sixteen." And what's that-a boy or a man?" He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

If you can't do, you had best shut up.

In old age the secret springs of human nature are apt to come out.

We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.

Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men - the actual man, the image, and the debunked remains.

they reminded me of the biggest liar I ever knew personally. Was a farmer, too. Reputation of pretty good farmer at that, but he lied so he had to hire another man to call his pigs.

Hundreds would die, but not the thing they died for.

Elizabeth: "Your balls, Mr. Darcy?"Darcy: "They belong to you, Miss Bennett.

People who create their own opportunities are more successful than people who expect opportunities to be created for them.

Endurance precedes success.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.

Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it feels like to spend a whole weekend all by yourself and no one wants you at all.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us

The mercury light doesn't show red. It makes the blood in your skin look blue-black. But see how splendidly it brings out the green in the plants.

Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on.

One will never reach distant shores, if he chooses to remain upon the dock, In fear his little ship of dreams may be dashed against the rocks.

Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification