I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.