One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes. Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.