Aphorisms to live by
Penny-wise but pound foolish.
Courtesy costs me nothing.
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The secret to life is that there is no secret.
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Don't think, just do.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
Everything is permitted.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."
A man who commits a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.
Quit while you're ahead.
Courtesy costs me nothing.
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The secret to life is that there is no secret.
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Don't think, just do.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
Everything is permitted.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."
A man who commits a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.
Quit while you're ahead.