Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

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

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.