Sometimes the most important conversations are the most difficult to engage in.

Just because a jackass brays does not mean you have to pay attention.

The harder you try to control your girlfriend the further you'll drive her away, so stop acting like a dumbbell.

You have only one life to live, so live it without worrying about what others may think.

Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don't play games.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

Because a jackass brays doesn't mean you have to take it to heart.

People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

The best exercise in the world is to bend down and help someone up.

What other people think is their problem.

Laws ... would be useless on the moon.

Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake sweet but not nourishing.

I know when I have a problem and have done all I can to figure it, I keep listening in a sort of inside silence 'til something clicks and I feel a right answer.

To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power.

They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free.

Life was what you did with what was done to you.

Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.

Be at your best at all times.

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

The notion that inventors are anorak-wearing crackpots with glasses held together with Sellotape is beguiling but wrong.