The rich are always afraid.

On this earth, though far and near, without love, there's only fear.

... [I]n any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

Believing in gods always causes confusion.

the proper place to eat lobster ... is in a lobster shack as close to the sea as possible. There is no menu card because there is nothing else to eat except boiled lobster with melted butter.