To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

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 greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

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!

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.