“Obviously, there’s no way of making money that doesn’t hurt somebody somewhere, but there are degrees of scale and immediacy. A merchant prince or a banker or a wealthy landowner isn’t generally required to take responsibility for the people he cheats, screws and starves; society couldn’t function if that were the case.”

“Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.”

“Age is irrelevant where two people have deep, sincere feelings for each other.”

“There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.”

“The quickest way to a man`s heart,' said the instructor, 'is proverbially through his stomach. But if you want to get into his brain, I recommend the eye-socket.”

“It`s remarkable the truly stupid things people can do because it`s expected of them, or they think it`s expected of them.”

“When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.”