Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Example is better than following it.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

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

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?