Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does. We all basically go back to being children when we're in a dentist's chair. Pride comes from an achievement that does not depend on others' approval. It is the hard-earned approval we grant. Pot Jordan 4.
Love is what's left in a relationship after all the selfishness has been removed.
If it were not for labour, men could neither eat so much, nor relish so pleasantly, nor sleep so soundly, nor be so healthful, so useful, so strong, so patient, so noble, nor so untempted. If you want the world to beat a path to your door, just try to take a nap on a Saturday afternoon. The fireside is the tulip bed of a winter day. Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.