Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
The car slewed to a stop and only then did I notice that it wasn't a cop car, ambulance or fire-engine.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?