There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Maybe if I stretch my lips, I will remember how to smile.

Music is the truth that everyone do listen, feels, believes and loves.

Somebody’d better pray for him, don’t you think? He IS a lost soul.~Pastor John Linton

Presently, one after another, like shyly hopping sparrows, her friends arrived, black against the snow.

One faces the future with one's past.

If you give me the ball, you'll never see it again. Because I'll knock it out of the f*****g park.

Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.

Folks think that children will make up for all they ought to do and haven't done.