Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.