I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

When the sharks the sharks devour
Little fishes have their hour.

Science knows only one commandment -- contribute to science.

The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.

First the pork chops, then morality.

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy
But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.

One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero!
No, Andrea....unhappy is the land that needs a hero.

War is like love; it always finds a way.

You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.