"The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe."

"That's a damned lie! We must die anyway."

"There is nothing glorious in dying, anyone can do it."

"In a nation of minorities, it is important that you don't cherry-pick rights. A right is a right."

"A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal."

"I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy."

"The greatest potential for control the ends to exist at the point where action takes place."

"The best mirror is an old friend."

"Just because something is tradition doesn't make it right."

"Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade."

"One always dies too soon--or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are--your life, and nothing else."

"All wealth is the product of labor."