The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.
Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.
We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.
My thoughts, I guess, are bitter; who but the bitter have thoughts?
Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.
If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!