We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

I always advise people never to give advice.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.

As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people.

The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.

The realization that my parents, too, felt pain and fear frightened me more than any strangers could.

We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves.

As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allotted for vacation.

Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error.

Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.

I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles.

We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves

Children read more when they see other people reading.

All models are wrong; some models are useful.