To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Example is better than following it.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

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

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.