Don't laugh at the coffee. Some day you, too, may be old and weak. ~Author Unknown
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ~Robert Heinlein
There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday. ~Robert Nathan, So Love Returns
I plan on living forever. So far, so good. ~Author Unknown
Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we. ~Michel de Montaigne, translated
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. ~E.B. White
There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grapenuts on principle. ~G.K. Chesterton
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. ~Blaise Pascal
Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat. ~Oxford Union Society, London, Rule 46
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~Confucius
People's fates are simplified by their names. ~Elias Canetti
There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by conviction. ~Author Unknown
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ~Oliver Herford
The best way to sound like you know what you're talking about is to know what you're talking about. ~Author Unknown The best way to stop smoking is to carry wet matches. ~Author Unknown
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. ~Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun
If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Two little girls, on their way home from Sunday school, were solemnly discussing the lesson. "Do you believe there is a devil?" asked one. "No," said the other promptly. "It's like Santa Claus: it's your father." ~Ladies' Home Journal, quoted in 2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs by Edward F. Murphy
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. ~Kin Hubbard
The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. ~Author Unknown
There are couples a matchmaker would match every time - and couples who, for no rhyme or reason, rhyme. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Dictum: a statement or saying, especially a formal statement of fact, opinion, principle, etc., or of one's will or judgment; a pronouncement; a noteworthy statement, as a formal pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion, or an observation intended or regarded as authoritative.
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. ~Joan Didion
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ~Abraham Lincoln
Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical. ~Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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