Don't indulge in gossip. ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves.
Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half.
You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.
Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.