Silenceis the mother of truth.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

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

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.