"Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"Business is the salt of life"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Life loves the liver of it"