A "critic" is a man who creates nothing.

His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching.

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.

Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.

Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.