By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

It is not right to walk alone on the golden road of truth! Enlighten as many people as you can and walk with them!

No sapient could sustain happiness all of the time, just as no one could live permanently within anger, or boredom, or grief.

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303

In my culture we just say f**k off.

I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of time I spend in the gym. On the definition of my triceps.

I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.

I mock everything. Don't take it so personally." Adam Black

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.

I couldn't stop staring at the cave, back where Dimitri was, back where half of my soul was.