Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.

Time is God’s gift to us as humans

I must strive to see only God in my friends, and God in my cats.

The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.

I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

She looks uptown, but she ain't really. She's into football, she likes my chili.

I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.

I am fairly optimistic about the disillusionment that produces homogeneity in general. The films that succeed in [theaters] are fairly homogeneous in terms of narrative and vision of the world.

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.