Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.

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.

It’ll make you feel better.” "By making me dead?” I asked. “I mean, I’m sure that would make my headache go away, but that’s a heck of a side effect.

Allowing yourself to get lost in the crowd would be such a painful disappointment to your positive inner-self, because you truly have a positive purpose on earth to fulfill.

When you get to the junction of choices, ponder!

It wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense.

I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes.

I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.

The United States is in many ways the biggest ghetto in the world.