I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Opportunity is another word for moving on. And it is a word choice, which is often the wiser. If the well gets poisoned, move to a meadow of merriment, where your hearts will echo the more.

Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.

the kind peopleare running this worldthey don't know how their one little smile has saved many lives

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

Everyone thinks their whole life should be at least as much fun as masturbation.

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.

If you're doing a column, you kind of have to. Like in the back of Sports Illustrated, Rick Reilly has to find something to be mad about. It's not really the way I approach things.

I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.