“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”

“It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”

“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”

“I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths.For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.”

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”

“Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”

“A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.”