No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Don't ever 'influence' me against my will again, MacLachlan, . Or I will load your balls into my Cuisinart and press 'chop.

Were a million people to believe in bullshit, it yet is just bull crap.

I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.

Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.

Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays.

Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.

Knowledge often spoils devotion.

I wish I'd known you when you were alive.

I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.