So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.

Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.

There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.

As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.