“It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.”
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.”
“Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always some damn fool making up a word that served no purpose except to cause trouble.”
“Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan.”
“It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.”
“For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder.”