You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he's caused you.

I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.

Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.