Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.

To a man with only a hammer, a screw is a defective nail.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

I was going to write a book one day and I actually did. To have it is a major accomplishment for me.

Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.

No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.

I was a little kid who used to fight a lot in the street-and get beat up.