If animals had reason, they would act just as ridiculous as we menfolks do.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Time is all we have. Love is all we need.

What is there flattering, amusing, or edifying in their carving your name on a tombstone, then time rubbing off the inscription together with the gilding?

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.

Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

If there is any test that can be applied to movies, it's that the good ones never make you feel virtuous.

The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.