Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.