Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

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

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

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

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.