Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and hounds and traps, his race survives

Nothing recedes like success.

If men are not afraid to die, it is of no avail to threaten them with death. If men live in constant fear of dying, And if breaking the law means a man will be killed, Who will dare to break the law? There is always an official executioner. If

Man is the measure of all things.

Every young man should have a hobby: learning how to handle money is the best one.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Like, if I'm not for me, then fer shure, like who will be? And if, y'know, if I'm not like fer anyone else, then hey, I mean, what am I? And if not now, like I dunno, maybe like when? And if not Who, then I dunno, maybe like the Rolling Stones?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

A man is known by the company he organizes.

If a man stay away from his wife for seven years, the law presumes the separation to have killed him; yet according to our daily experience, it might well prolong his life.

What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.

A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names.

Getting into trouble is easy.

"Cogito ergo I'm right and you're wrong."

There is no comfort without pain; thus we define salvation through suffering.