When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

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.

Friends don't let friends go to hell."- Johann Gunter in "The Bucktown Babies

Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all.

She was seriously in love, but she never made demands.

Let us be loving, be kind, be simple, be silly, be happy.

So with my luck, I'll never make it in time to save the boy in the forest because my hair will have snagged on a tree branch a mile back.

Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies.

The wisest men are wise to the full in death.

I took action as governor to preserve the sanctity of life.

You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

It takes a lot to become a foster parent.