A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.

Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one, brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of ages.

A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.

When life gets blurry, adjust your focus.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.