Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.