A moment later, I caught my breath, but I didn't say anything.
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
One thing I've learned in all these years is not to make love when you really don't feel it; there's probably nothing worse you can do to yourself than that.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.