Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.