2001-10-17 12:52:36 -- "Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air." --J. C. F. von Schiller

"Hail to the morning! Come down to me my beautiful unknown."
--Jessica Powers

"Its OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break."
--Billy Joel

Choose your friends carefully:

"Tell me who you frequent and I will tell you who you are."
--French proverb

"A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools."
--Thomas Fuller

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
--George Washington

"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped."
--Lillian Hellman

"The closest to perfection anyone ever comes is when he fills out a job application form."
--Stanley J. Randall

"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." --Leo Durocher, baseball manager

Take your plastic to the breaking point if you want, but then stop:

"To get back on your feet, miss two car payments."
--Anon.

"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart."
--E. E. Cummings

"My problem lies with reconciling my gross habits with my net income." --Errol Flynn