Fields can lie fallow but we can't; we have less time.
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.
Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.
There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.