“My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”

Reflect upon your present blessings.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Least said, soonest mended.

Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

Don’t take your toys inside just because it’s raining.

I wouldn’t give myself any advice, because advice is kinda bullshit. Take a deep breath and don’t take any of it too seriously.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.

As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.

As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.