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

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.