I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.

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.

The differences between women are all cosmetic.

Our evening-long tango of stares had my head spinning.

That's the news from Lake Woebegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course.

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

As a young, Black man in America, I look out and (realize) that our community is the most affected by HIV.

It is hard for people who have not lived in Los Angeles to realize how radically the Santa Ana figures in the local imagination. ... The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

And as I'm striving to change the world, I will be happy.