When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us. – Margery Allingham
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. – Ernest Hemingway, Men at War, 1942
Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce