There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.

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.

Huwag mong ipangako ang habang-buhay Meredith. Ipangako mo sa akin ang walang hanggang. - Tristan

this is a book about something

If killing yourself is not an option anymore, you have to sink into the darkness instead, and make something out of it.

Sharing your life with someone will have much more meaning coming from a place of independence rather than co-dependence.

When you want something badly enough it’s amazing what you’ll ignore.

[Would] a sensible man spit out the juicy morsel that good fortune put in his mouth?

Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

We need to keep a constant watch over our mind and learn to distinguish between the beneficial and harmful thoughts that are arising moment by moment. Those who are able to do this are truly wise.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I'm an A-student, I'm an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.