Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
Devised at first to keep the strong in awe.
Our strong arms be our conscience; swords, our law.

—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, RICHARD III

Foremost we admire the outlaw
who has the strength of his own lawfulness.

—ROBERT DUNCAN, ROOTS AND BRANCHES

I never knowingly harmed a fellow creature that didn’t get in my way.

—NELSON ALGREN, A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

You run out of everything when you run out of luck.

—ANONYMOUS