Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.

In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner.

Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.

When hope is hungry, everything feeds it

People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.