Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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

Better hazard than always be in fear.

A room without books is a body without soul

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.