Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

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

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important