To him, perpetual thought of death was a sin. Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. - Saul Bellow

Yes, these business people have great energy. There’s a question as to what’s burned to produce it and what things we can and can’t burn.

Everybody wants to have intimate conversations, but the smart fellows don't give out, only the fools. The smart fellows talk intimately about the fools, and examine them all over and give them advice.

There are evils, as someone has pointed out, that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever — money, for instance, or war.