“A man who eats his words is a man who lacks what it takes to speak his piece in this day and age, and in time to come.”
“Caius was one of those who gloried in his ignorance, called his lack of letters purity, scorned any subtlety of thought or expression. A man for his time, indeed.”
“The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better? For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?”
“He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.”
“He was a man who knew he'd come in after a long day and had found his shade (Irma)”
“The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.”