He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.