You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn? I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed. - Charles Portis

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I love nothing but money and the Presbyterian Church and that is why I never married.

I have never been one to flinch or crawfish when faced with an unpleasant task.

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?