“Everything comes to him who waits but a loaned book”

“Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.”

“Everything comes too late for those who only wait.”

“* The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”

“I did not try to keep her. I do not think I even wanted to. Between us, for the moment, there was nothing more to be said. I wanted above all to be alone and think things over. When she was ready to go, she said, "Better give me the gun. You won't want it on the journey, and if there is a check, I can manage it better than you can. But unloaded, please." I did not ask her how she would manage. I found I trusted her completely in things like that, and my own recent record did not inspire much confidence in the matter of keeping my weaponry out of enemy hands.”

“And as I watch him disappear around the corner, i can't help but wonder if this is the exact moment where i officially lost everything.”

“If men knew each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”