Favourite quotes

It's hard to talk cleverly, and still harder to be silent cleverly.

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

One witness one liar, more witnesses, all liars. :)

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

If you defy an enemy by doubting his courage, you double it.

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way, and expecting a different outcome.

Where you will sit when you are old, shows where you stood when you were young.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it.

After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.