"Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them"

"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"

"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war"