Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.