Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.