Life Quotes, page 144

“Always obey your parents when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you.”

“Clothes make the man; naked people have little or no influence in society.”

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

“When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.”

“Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.”

“Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.”

“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”

“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.”

“Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expect more.”

“All say, "How hard is it that we have to die?" A strange complaint, coming from the mouths of people who have had to live.”

“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile.”

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting its shoes on.”

“After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning: it is better to live outside the garden with her than inside it without her.”

“By trying, we can easily learn to endure adversity.”

“To be busy is man's only happiness.”

“April 1 — This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364.”

“Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.”

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

“If you're still looking for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.”

“Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different?”

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

“I salute the man who goes through life always helpful, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien.”

“Three rules of work: out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”

“The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”

“Don't wait for miracles. Your whole life is a miracle.”