I am a series of small victories and large defeats.

from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.

I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.