One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

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

Patience is the art of hoping.

A room without books is a body without soul

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.