Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.

Capital, he said, had no conscience and no fatherland.

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

The men who knew that he knew what he knew had found him

But the big courage is the cold-blooded kind, the kind that never lets go even when you're feeling empty inside, and your blood's thin, and there's no kind of fun or profit to be had, and the trouble's not over in an hour or two but lasts for months and years.

My thoughts hovered over all varieties of mortal edible, and finally settled on a porterhouse steak and a quart of bitter with a welsh rabbit to follow. In longing hopelessly for these dainties I fell asleep.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

John Buchan

Quotes by John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

Written By John Buchan

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