“To every problem, there is a most simple solution.”

“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.”

“I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.”

“Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.”

“In the midst of life, we are in death.”

“Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.”

“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.”

“But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.”

“Time is the best killer.”

“The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.”

“One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.”

“Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.”

“It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.”

“Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.”

“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”

“Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken”

“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”

“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ”

“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

“If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.”

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”

“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

“Very few of us are what we seem.”