Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
What children take from us, they give?We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.