“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain”

“Life is a predicament which precedes death.”

“The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.”

“In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youth”

“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich”

“Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.”