By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.

Beauty is the flower of chastity.

...but what has been said once can always be repeated.

The [first] argument asserts the non-existence of motion on the ground that that which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

The path for those who go with the truth is not is not that smooth. Guns, crosses and hangmen in the gallows are waiting for them!

Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?

I grouped my fellow employees into three categories: the plebes, the damned, and the demons.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy.

Change is hard, but change is good.

If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and that's just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life.

I did have wonderful things to draw from, from my own experience and also just from friends and people I'd gone to school with who were very much immersed in this world right now.

Hope likes justification, but can do without.

Old Time the clock-setter.