The story of his youth was a series of bitternesses, as is the case with almost all distinguished men. Poverty sits by their cradle, and keeps watch over them till they have grown up; and this lean nurse remains their true companion through life. – Heinrich Heine
Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him. – Ernest Hemingway
