"Put out the light."

"The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it."

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life."

"It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us."

"Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms."

"Observe your enemies for they first find out your faults."

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions."

"The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year --- everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth."

"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."

"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred."