“Do they pay you by the hour or what? Norwood said to the monocled peanut face.”

“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.”

“Nothing I like to do pays well.”

“You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.”

“There is no generosity in women. They want everything coming in and nothing going out. They show no trust. Lord God, how they hate to pay you! They will get the work of two men out of you and I guess they would beat you with whips if they were able to. No sir, not me. Never. A man will not work for a woman, not unless he has clabber for brains.”

“You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?""I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.”

“She said, 'Goodbye, Reuben, a love for decency does not abide in you.' There is your divorced woman talking about decency. I told her, I said, 'Goodbye, Nola, I hope that little nail selling bastard will make you happy this time.”