Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

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

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.