“Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.”

“You stick a bunch of drunken murderers together, ain't long before some turn to thieving, then to lying, then to bad language, and pretty soon to sobriety, raising families and making an honest living.”

“The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.”

“You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they're pointed at you, and by people who don't like you much. ”

“Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.”

“Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.”

“It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.”