Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

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

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.