Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail.

Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.

Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.

There is no medicine to cure a fool!

A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.

Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.

Kindness can turn the bad man's heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!

Then what are you? An electronic Hannibal Lector? You can't eat my liver with fava beans through a modem, you know.

You don't have to wait for things to happen to live your life.

Books have the power to change and transform your life like few other things you have.

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

The monster licked his lips, long lines of whiskers twitching, and spoke in a deep growl. "Pretty, aren't I?" Curran. In midform. I broke from his gaze. "Adorable.

In war trivial causes produce momentous events.

His (Frank Sinatra) attention span was not long, shall we say.

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

I think people are getting more and more -unfortunately - inured to violence. People are less sensitive to things they should wake up about.