God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.

The past is certain, the future obscure.

All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

What's happened to me, ' he thought. It was no dream.

When one wants to be famous, one has to dive gracefully into rivers of the blood of cannon-blasted bodies.

You have to be funny about it and honest about it. You can't leave yourself out of that mix. You have to be honest enough to say, I'm that messed-up one in the family.

There was no time to think, I just hit it

It's in the public domain. That's one of the reasons I do it so much. But luckily, it's a brilliant film [ Night Of The Living Dead]. Every horror aficionado must see that film at least once.

One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this.

To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed.

The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.

But I’m just going to be out there having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind." Adrian

Benjamin Graham wrote, "Those with enterprise haven't the money, and those with money haven't the enterprise, to buy stocks when they are cheap."