I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers―much like a lady, aglow with grace, never grows tired of chivalrous acts or pretty flowers.

Love is at the very root of having a positive attitude.

I never saw a player who had greater promise.

All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.

There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.

Political parties exist to get bums on seats.

The sense of all stylistic change is that the underlying view of the world changes.

Whoever you are, you've got to start from where you are. If you're a sailor, and only know sailor's language, well, write in it, for God's sake.

I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.