“Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…”

“There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.”

“It is for you to choose. Choice is man's right, and for that I leave you free.”

“But the Easter sacrifice in their own homes - well, think it over. I used to think the same as you, and I still hate to see the lambs and calves going home to their deaths on Good Friday. But isn't it a million times better than the way we do it at home, however 'humane' we try to be? Here, the lamb's petted, unsuspicious, happy - you see it trotting along with the children like a little dog. Till the knife's in its throat, it has no idea it's going to die. Isn't that better than those dreadful lorries at home, packed full of animals, lumbering on Mondays and Thursdays to the slaughterhouses, where, be as humane as you like, they can smell the blood and the fear, and have to wait their turn in a place just reeking of death?”

“A child thinks life is fair. A man stands by the consequences of his deeds.”

“I doubt if there are many normal women who can resist looking at houses. I believe, in fact, that when a house is up for sale more than half the people who look over it are not prospective buyers, but merely ladies who cannot resist exploring someone else's house.”

“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”