Whomever holds the purse strings, controls the cash.
Stress brings on distress so, to avoid the latter, dispense with the former.
If the pen is mightier than the sword, the correct aphorism should be, 'Live by the sword, die by the penβ.
I erred, therefore I am⦠to paraphrase Alexander Pope and René Descartes.
Whomever coined the phrase, 'A penny for your thoughts', also phrased a coin.
What is the yardstick of your success? I measure mine in happiness.
Complacency breeds contempt, it also breeds tragedy.