Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students!

Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty, they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The pansy in purple dress, The pink with cheek of red, Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs, Like a bashful maid her head.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.

Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain, Queen Anne commands and we'll obey, Over the hills and far away.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.

Break a leg!

The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea.

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars.