“Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools.”
“Fools and wise-folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.”
“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
“Wise people are fools not yet caught fooling around.”
“Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.”