“The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.”

“day. You lost your man and”

“The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.”

“You must be a bastard for I knew your mother's husband and he was a gentleman and honest man.”

“trouble me
disturb me with all your cares and you worries
trouble me
on the days when you feel spent”

“I cannot believe you harbor any illusions about the barbarians being nature’s noblemen. I soon lost mine. They were every bit as ruthless. They were simply less efficient.”

“Love is being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality”

“You cannot con an honest man.”

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist.”

“The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.”