The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
History is more or less bunk.