Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags