What would be the good of being a marksman, when you cannot see the end of your own rifle, let alone the man you are firing at?

What is your urgent business, Sir Archie?” the king asked. “A lady is in the case, I warrant me. Whenever a young knight has urgent business, be sure that a lady is in question.

What are you smiling at, Sir Archie? The hound and you seem on wondrous friendly terms;.

One don’t like setting out to help to bring a man to the gallus when you have got his money in your pocket.

So that there is enough to keep life together, it matters little what it is.

No one is strong in himself, but God gives strength.

What is the use of money if one cannot use it to make one’s friends comfortable?

Whether success will crown the effort, or whether God wills it otherwise, it is not for man to discuss; it is enough that the work is there, and it is our duty to do it.

Women are always passionately certain that they are right, and neither counsel nor entreaty can get them to believe that there can be any other side to a case than that which they take.

I fear not,” Hamilcar said gravely, shaking his head. “It seems to be the fate of all nations, that as they grow in wealth so they lose their manly virtues. With wealth comes corruption, indolence, a reluctance to make sacrifices, and a weakening of the feeling of patriotism.