Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.