god grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i cannot accept and the wisdom to know the difference.

learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.

not seeing is half-believing.

time flies, but you shouldn't.

the essence of man is imperfection.

the 'c' students run the world.

it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

pity costs nothing and ain't worth nothing.

you go back to the gym and you just do it again and again until you get it right.

circumstances alter faces.

a woman obsessed with her body is also obsessed with the limitations of her emotional life.

taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.

live in the past, but don't remember too much.

the follies a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

a man is more complex, infinitely more so, than his thoughts.

it's like magic. when you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone.

when everything has to be right, something isn't.

the longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

to cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

be what you are. this is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

you are all you will ever have for certain.

don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own.

you must change in order to survive.

each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that this new world is born.

to conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

happiness comes uninvited: and the moment that you are conscious that you are happy, you are no longer happy.

what a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be.

when you can't solve the problem, manage it.

the prerequisite for making love is to like someone enormously.

hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. and then you destroy yourself.

should-haves solve nothing. it's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.