A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

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