Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

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

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.