"Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back."

"Why not have the rodeo clowns ride the bulls? After all, they know the bulls better, plus the bulls think they're funny."

"A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation."

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!"

"O what fine thought we had because we thought that the worst rogues and rascals had died out."

"I know a mother-in-law who sleeps with her glasses on, the better to see her son-in-law suffer in her dreams."

"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

"Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows one to risk that marriage."

"He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it."

"It has all been very interesting."