It is not by muscle$$$ speed$$$ or physical dexterity that great things are achieved$$$ but by reflection$$$ force of character$$$ and judgment.

America is the only nation in history which$$$ miraculously$$$ has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.

Our span of life is brief$$$ but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

Perhaps it is better to wake up after all$$$ even to suffer$$$ rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all ones life.

Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.

Scarcely anything in literature is worth a damn except what is written between the lines.

In any case$$$ it is not love$$$ but friendship$$$ that truly eludes you.

There is a remedy for everything except death.

To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness$$$ our manhood.

Be the flame$$$ not the moth.