“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”

“I suppose looking back on life, anyone's life, it amounts to this – everything that diverges from one's aim is a bloody waste of time, except as respite making you less lonely.”

“I don't like money actually, but it quiets my nerves.”

“I can’t afford to waste either my money or my time—but that doesn’t stop me from trying.”

“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.”

“I cannot drug my life with the present moment;The present moment may rape--but all in vain--The future, for the future remains a virginWho must be tried again.”

“If the least thing goes wrong with a saddle, or clothes, or a boot, you cannot find a soul to make repairs, and the other day a cobbler answered us, 'Yes, that's right, I'm a shoemaker, and sometimes I work, but I'm not in the mood right now.”