Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.