Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

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

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.