Another well-known Paris landmark is the Arc de Triomphe, a moving monument to the many brave women and men who have died trying to visit it.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

Every moment of the nightForever changing placesAnd they put out the star-lightWith the breath from their pale faces

I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.

It's a very confusing era that we're in.

Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

I have also long held the belief that one's tears are a guide, that when something makes you cry, it means something. If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves

You see, every day, that the people who are seemingly so confident and seemingly so in love with themselves are the ones who are the most insecure and hurting the most inside.