We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

After a certain point, all natural bodily changes are for the worst.

Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).

To evade arrogance, remind yourself (from time to time) that your talent or success could have been better. To be thankful, remind yourself (every now and then) that your illness or failure could have been worse.

Some mistakes are worse than others: wearing your underwear inside out isn’t as uncomfortable as wearing it back to front.

The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.

In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

Some writers write to forget. Some forget to write.