Selected quotation

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

~ Henry Louis Mencken



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

Chinese Proverbs

Offerings: Buddhist Wisdom for Every Day (Offerings for Humanity)

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

101 French Proverbs

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim