It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

Peace is an innocent child hated by some deviant and those who hate him will find no peace ever in their lives!

In my many years of working with people, I have never seen things change by chance, you have to work it out yourself.... life really sucks but YOU have what it takes to change it.

Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.

Bobby Martin has another project. He's building a house. He's out there at 6 o'clock in the morning hammering nails.

More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.

... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not found its century and admirers.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.

The Choice, after all, is ours to make.

Taking B12 is the price of getting to be vegan, the way wearing a helmet is the price of getting to ride a motorcycle and giving up alcohol for nine months is the price of getting to have a baby.