Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.

Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.

Good music always defeats bad luck

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

Only the fear of God, can deliver us from evil.

Chernobyl, an accident or the most successful anti-Marxist attack in recorded history?

I'm so not stylish by nature, but I've learned to work with what I have.

My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.

[I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy.

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

In Leon's account of his life, no-one was mean-spirited, no-one schemed or lied or betrayed; everyone was celebrated at least in some degree... Leon turned out to be a spineless, grinning idiot.

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.