"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"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"

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

"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

"It's not that we use technology, we live technology"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems"

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"