Widows are far better than brides. They don't tell, they won't yell, they don't swell, they rarely smell, and they're grateful as hell.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

By denying the youth an education you murder the future RjS

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.

Trials teach us what we are.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

Walking along the crowded row He met the one he used to know.

Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power.

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!