Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

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 is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.