Various Authors

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain."
Robert Frost

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
David Brinkley

"Whilst there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it.  If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful."
H. G. Wells, English author and political philosopher

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies;
for the hardest victory is over self."
Aristotle, Greek writer, philosopher

If you don't like someone, the way he holds his spoon will make you furious;
if you do like him, he can turn his plate over into your lap and you won't mind.
Irving Becker

"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use,
from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher

"The primary condition for being sincere is the same as for being humble:
not to boast of it, and probably not even to be aware of it."
Henri Peyre, French novelist

"A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said,
but says what someone wants to remember."
John Mason Brown, American critic and lecturer

Unknown Authors

It is better to give a rock out of love
than a diamond out of duty.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a
life without love will have no roses.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar.
I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.