Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Opportunists take now for an answer.