Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both.
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
One good maxim to keep in mind, and I can't remember who said it, "You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way."
There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth.
The astrologers would tell that the U.S. is ruled by fire and Canada is ruled by water. Short version: You pep us up, we cool you down.