"Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by."

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."

"A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it."

"Gossip needs no carriage."

"A kind word is like a spring day."

"It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats."

"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either."

"Every small, positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future."

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

"'Do you consider yourself a disciplined guy? Do you get up every day and `go to work'?' 'Well, yeah. I try to get up every day.'"

"Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life."

"A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."