The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population," he would remark. "And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

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

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.

Making money isn't hard in itself... What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.