The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"