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.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Renown and repose do not go together.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?