"To a quick question, give a slow answer."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box."

"It is not enough to aim; you must hit."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"One may have good eyes and yet see nothing."

"Life is too important to be taken seriously."

"The best holistic remedy for high blood pressure is a purring cat on your lap."

"The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds."

"A reasonable probability is the only certainty."

"I love children --- especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away."

"Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself."