Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.

If things were simple, word would have gotten around.

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed by the TV, I felt empty and hungry. My heart hurt... I often felt hollow or as if I were some kind of wispy ghost, barely existing.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

If you reach the people nobody wants, God will give you the people everybody wants.