No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes