Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The property of power is to protect.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

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