A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.

More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.

The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.

As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.

A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?""Well, sweetheart, " I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

One, two, ... five!" "Three, my lord.

I believe that in a good collaboration, the authors bring their strengths to the story; one author's strength cancels the other author's weakness, and back and forth it goes.

Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity; precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.

People don't want to commit until they have clarity, but clarity comes with movement.

Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation.

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

Fiercely guard the passions burning inside your heart, so that their flames can safely reach the highest ceilings of success without the eyes of envy.