The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.