The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.