Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Don't be afraid to talk because in the long run, you will be afraid that you were too silent.

God knows I'm no the thing I should be Nor am I even the thing I could be.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

don't take many words to break a fragile heart!

Over the wine-dark sea.

Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.

Jesus came to save us, not just from politics, enemies, challenges, or difficulties.

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.