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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

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

Example is better than following it.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.