Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

Happiness is a Swedish sunset it is there for all but most of us look the other way and lose it.

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.

Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love.

One of the most powerful wellsprings of creative energy, outstanding accomplishment, and self-fulfillment seems to be falling in love with something - your dreams, your image of the future.

What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

If it rusts, it can never be trusted If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him Yes, pride is Like a blade.

I never had a real job. I started acting in high school, and then I started working. So, I never got to have that experience.