No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Giving is stream of abundance.

It's brutal to realize that someone might find a life with you in it unbearable.

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I like talking about subjects that aren't funny in the first place and making them funny. So anything down and depressing is something I'll talk about.

Whenever you make a big effort and take risks, getting good results and points is very rewarding.

We are within measurable, or imaginable, distance of a real Armageddon. Happily there seems to be no reason why we should be anything more than spectators.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.