He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

I didn't believe in reincarnation in any of my other lives. I don't see why I should have to believe in it in this one.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?

I know on which side my bread is buttered.

A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

Nice guys finish last.

If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some.

Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.

My father was a creole, his father a Negro, and his father a monkey; my family, it seems, begins where yours left off.

If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Beggars should be no choosers.

Plus ,ca change, plus c'est la m^eme chose. [The more things change, the more they remain the same.]

Among all savage beasts, none is found so harmful as woman.

Solipsists of the World... you are already united.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Every person, all the events in your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Think lucky. If you fall in a pond, check your pockets for fish.

The philosopher's treatment of a question is like the treatment of an illness.

"You would do well not to imagine profundity," he said. "Anything that seems of momentous occasion should be dwelt upon as though it were of slight note. Conversely, trivialities must be attended to with the greatest of care. Because death is moment

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

The life which is unexamined is not worth living.

In every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours.

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

If a fool persists in his folly he shall become wise.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

For every bloke who makes his mark, there's half a dozen waiting to rub it out.

May you live in uninteresting times.

The idea there was that consumers would bring their broken electronic devices, such as television sets and VCR's, to the destruction centers, where trained personnel would whack them (the devices) with sledgehammers. With their devices thus permanent

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

"World conquerors sometimes become fools, but fools never become world conquerors."

Those who do things in a noble spirit of self-sacrifice are to be avoided at all costs.

Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go hungry.

Piece of cake!

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Plastic... Aluminum... These are the inheritors of the Universe! Flesh and Blood have had their day... and that day is past!

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

Wishing without work is like fishing without bait.