When all things are considered, happiness is a better indicator of success than success has ever been of happiness.

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

Never confuse the importance of things with things of importance.

The best thing about the battle between the sexes is often the sex between the battles.

If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?

Two of the biggest conversational blunders you can make are saying something when you should stay silent, and staying silent when you should say something.

We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.