Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.