To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.

The compulsion of fate is bitter.

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.

Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

jerk.smokes cigars.will die of lung cancer, hopefully soon.excellent physical shape.

Cancer's only one page in my life, and I will not allow this page to impact the rest of my life.

Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them.

In the past, hearing music had more value.

Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time.

There is poetry in a pork chop to a hungry man.

Obviously it could be, because it was.

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.

Detach from emotions and desires; get rid of any fixations.