I would rather be ashes than dust.

Some sorts of truth are truer than others.

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Affluence means influence.

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.

To be able to forget means sanity.

In a saturated population life is always cheap.

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

A man with a club is a law-maker.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

Age is never so old as youth would measure it.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.