The World is but, a school of inquiry.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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