Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Well done is better than well said.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

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

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.