"It is entirely possible to win against the enemy, it is possible, even, to kill the enemy... and still be defeated by the battle."

"The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air."

"It is a common delusion that you can make things better by talking about them."

"While I am not a fan of corporal punishment, I am not a fan of his friends Major Nuisance or General Disturbance."

"I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs."

"When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking."

"The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about."

"He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be."

"She is a friend of my mind... The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."

"Even holligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that is forever."

"Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners."

"I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties."