"Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice."

"We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings."

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."

"Never argue with a fool. Listeners can't tell which is which."

"American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced."

"Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. All things are petty, easily changed, and vanishing away."

"I have been like a child walking along the shore line. Quickly discarding one sea shell for another of more outward beauty-- never to know the pearl within!"

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time."

"MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman."

"Everybody loves to see justice done on somebody else."

"Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."