There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.

A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.

Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions.

Method is the arithmetic of success.