Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.

People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.