I heard them shouting through the muffling canvas of the bag, and then I was being impersonally hauled to my feet by my wrists, my arms wrenched up behind my back, my shoulders screaming.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.