Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it.

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.

Depth of feeling and clarity of thought isn’t the same as knowing.

The crocodile doesn't harm the bird that cleans his teeth for him. He eats the others but not that one.

Consider it: Who but God could have dreamed a tale so absurd and so heartless?

For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.