A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

All love is lost but upon God alone.

London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.

Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory.

Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity.

Timor mortis conturbat me. The fear of death disturbs me.

Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.

Neither our vices nor our virtues further the poem.

Our miseries are inseparable, so is our every single blessing.

Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it

If you live at the same time as great contemporaries, you become a flower getting rain live.

Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?

Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies.

There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.

Both the young and the old are almost completely useless in our modern society, and are made keenly aware of that uselessness. They have no place. They are private, isolated - and hopeless.

I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.

I like what you've done to your face," Ben said, tapping his eye.