Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.