There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.

For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.