The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

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

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.