No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus
When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.
Erasmus
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
Erica Jong
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
Flannery O'Connor