Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.

You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.

Memories are worse than bullets.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.

Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.