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

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.

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.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you."So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?

Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t oke enough holes to drain it dry.

He was a man's man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through--and proud of it.

There is a tendency in nature to the continued progression of certain classes of varieties further and further from the original type.

You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.

I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you can't recall it, forget it).

Every single one of us has the unique opportunity to create awareness and influence change

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.