When the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide.
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon.
Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.
We never touch but at points.
If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.
The past cannot be regained, although we can learn from it; the future is not yet ours even though we must plan for it. ... Time is now. We have only today.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
In our day, when a pitcher got into trouble in a game, instead of taking him out, our manager would leave him in and tell him to pitch his way out of trouble.
Activity in back of a very small idea will produce more than inactivity and the planning of a genius.
Pride ruined the angels.
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.
People hate, as they love, unreasonably.
They understand but little who understand only what can be explained.
Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.
If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.