"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."

"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"Americans like fat books and thin women."

"Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience."

"I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals."

"A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle."