He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

George Bernard Shaw

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.

R. A. Salvatore

He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing, but cabbage with a college education.

Mark Twain

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

Edward F. Halifax

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Agatha Christie

Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.

Jimmy Buffett

Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.

Blaise Pascal

I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!

Mindy Kaling

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

Paul Erdos

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

Stephen Ambrose