He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

I love foolish people because I am not enough of a fool to not love them.

What you keep alive is what you truly care about, no matter how many times you die in the process.

His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

I won't go up in a plane, but if a play crashes, I'll jump into the next one that comes along and take it up for a spin.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them.