Happiness comes fleetingly now and then To those who have learned to do without it And to them only.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

I like desires like childrenand their playsthat tease me now and then intoknowing life.

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

If people could fall apart, why couldn't they fall back together?

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.

You are not creating a new you; you are releasing a hidden you. The process is one of self discovery. The hidden you that wants to emerge is in perfect balance.

A nail-pierced hand holds the sceptre of the universe, and my knees bend before him.

A new study found that a mother's diet affects her baby's allergies. Which can only mean one thing: My mom ate cats.

Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing.

Of all wit's uses, the main one is to live well with who has none.