Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The property of power is to protect.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.