The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words..

Life is a vale of tears in which there are moments you just can't stop giggling..

When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great….

Seems like nothing ever brings you back to reality that makes you want to stay there..

Perhaps we are given a mom that we might take into death the memory of a lullaby..

To hurt someone you know will forgive you is the unkindiest thing of all..

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important..

The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay..

How do you tell an optimist that he or she has lived a happy life by mistake?.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate..

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don't fool..

If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory..

Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it..

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?.

Sometimes we don't find the thing that will make us happy because we can't give up the thing that was supposed to..

Man is rated the highest animal, at least among all animals who returned the questionnaire..

The first step toward telling the truth is to tell the whole lie..

You can accept reality, or you can persist in your purpose until reality accepts you..

Say what you want about aging, it's still the only way to have old friends..

What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second..

Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it..