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

We look for romance in the well-cultivated garden-plots, and when it springs out of virgin soil we are surprised, though any fool might know it was the natural place for it.

Most people are a little scared at new things ... You want a bigger heart to face danger which you go out to look for, and which doesn't come to you in the ordinary way of business. Still, that's pretty much the same thing — good nerves and good health, and a natural liking for rows.

[L]oyalty and religion have many meanings, and self-interest is a skilled interpreter.