Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.