With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.

Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

I know which side my bread is buttered on: the side which falls on the carpet.

Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.

I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.