“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.”

“Expection the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”

“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.”

“You can’t help wondering if this is the year that you’d be getting a good story again. It was the same thing you wondered last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. In light of everything and in spite of everything, it seems foolish to expect and demand for anything. It seems foolish to even hope. Yet, you still do.”

“If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest; and if you can do with a little, ask for a great deal. Because if you don't you won't get any.”

“If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.”