When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.

A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas

The living always get over the dead. That’s what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, they’d only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.

When something needs to be said, you look for a man to say it. But when something needs actually to be done, you look for a woman.