“No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.”

“It appears that no one is so unfortunate that he or she is exempt from spending cuts, while at the same time no one is so fortunate as to be ineligible for a tax cut”

“The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven.""Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil”

“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book."That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.”

“He who knows the masculine but keeps to the feminine,Becomes the ravine of the world.Being the ravine of the world,He dwells in constant virtue,He returns to the state of the babe.He who knows the white but keeps to the black,Becomes the model of the world.Being the model of the world,He rests in constant virtue,He returns to the infinite.He who knows glory but keeps to disgrace,Becomes the valley of the world.Being the valley of the world,He finds contentment in constant virtue,He returns to the Uncarved Block.”

“The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one who can take many glasses without betraying a sign; who must take numerous glasses in order to get the ‘kick’.”