The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

Religion is like a bottle of gin uncorked, it's harmless. But like gin, a heaping helping of the dogma gives one the righteous authority to dictate who shall and shall not live on a section of land, have nuclear bombs, control the world’s natural resources, etc., etc.

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.

An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.

The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.

Adventure must start with running away from home