The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.