When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first.
She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.