[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.

A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.

Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.

The word impossible is peculiar because if you examine it closely, you'll find that most of it is possible.

Eloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible.

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.