Being interested is more important than being interesting.
Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
Many people know the price of everything and the value of nothing
Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.
The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.
Children have an uncanny way of living up - or down - to what is expected of them.