“Deepest thoughts and major works eventually become insignificant.”

“Anything you think of doing, however insignificant, should be done immediately. Spur yourself on and carry it through without becoming discouraged. If this becomes an ingrained habit, things you thought were impossible will become possible, and closed doors will open, as you will discover in many ways.”

“I like a woman with meat on her bones." She laughed. "My hips express their deepest appreciation, Major Winslow.”

“Looking into Napoleon's eyes, Prince Andrei thought about the insignificance of grandeur, about the insignificance of life, the meaning of which no one could understand, and about the still greater insignificance of death, the meaning of which no one among the living could understand or explain.”

“The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually becomes a cat.”

“The trouble with a kitten is that....... It eventually becomes a cat!”