We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.