Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.