"It is a radiant truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored."

"There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 45 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 78."

"It is a steadfast truth that true knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'"