"I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out."

"there's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

"I bought some batteries, but they weren't included."

"Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country."

"If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?"

"I got a garage door opener. It can't close. Just open."

"If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil."

"Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction."

"How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!"

"Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder."

"Real joy, which comes from loving to do good things without wanting to be repaid, is the reward that lasts forever."

"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves."