The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.

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.

Rain is just God weeping for Earth’s troubles.

Wishful thinking will not take you to your destiny.

We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is filled with smoke. I prefer central heating, and I'm probably not the only one.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.

The friend of silence comes close to God.

By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up.

She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.

Redemption implies that your self worth comes at the end. I think it's there from the start. If it's your core values, it's there from day one.