A bore is a person who lights up the room simply by leaving it.

Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.

Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .

Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

Poetry is that which is lost in translation.