"Men mistake friendship, but not sex, for love; women mistake sex, but not friendship, for love."

Wastholm, Peter | Men and Women | 20 bookmarks

"Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life."

Proverb, Chinese | Respectability | 1 bookmarks

"'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected."

Lamb, Charles | Friends and Friendship | 9 bookmarks

"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."

Macarthur, Douglas | Luck | 2 bookmarks

"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."

Ball, Lucille | Luck | 2 bookmarks

"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck."

Pollock, Channing | Luck | 1 bookmarks

"Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared."

Korda, Michael | Luck | 3 bookmarks

"Luck marches with those who give their very best"

Brown Jr., H. Jackson | Luck | 2 bookmarks

"The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De | Inheritance | 1 bookmarks

"Nobody ever died of laughter."

Beerbohm, Sir Max | Laughter | 7 bookmarks