Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

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.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.