Certain areas of… Appalachia? 
I’ve known women who spend lots of time complaining about men and men who spend lots of time putting women donw. In both cases, my experience is that it’s the speaker and not the opposite sex that is the problem. Maybe I should coin a saying to that effect.
Books and music will see you through times with no money better than money will see you through times with no books or music.
I like a lot of Tom Weller’s Minims:
"The more things change, the more they stay insane. "(illustrated here)
"You can fool all of the people some of the time;
you can fool some of the people all of the time;
and that should be enough for most purposes. "illustration here ------seems particularly apt in an election year
"You’ll catch more flies with honey than you care to. "
The complete book is online. Nice to know since I’ve misplaced my copy.
“Cats are Nature’s way of telling you that your furniture is too nice.”
This has proven to be a constant truth in my life.
“The Universe tends towards the perverse” - Coles’ Expansion on Murphy’s Law
This too.
“Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit.”
- Mike Tyson
Had a big Lottery vibe from that episode. That’s one of my favorite short stories actually. Read it by accident (unintentionally, teacher would have thrown a fit) in sixth grade. Blew my mind.
My grandpa, when faced with a failing right arm, hip pain, skin cancer, rheumatism, heart conditions anything else you can draw out of a hat, would say “Growing old is not for sissies!” What a badass.
“Society is like chili; you have to keep things stirred up, or the scum rises to the top.”
-Edward Abbey
"You know what they call the person who graduates from medical school at the very bottom of their class?
. . . Doctor."
Money can’t buy you happiness, but it will let you park your LearJet right next to it.
Political power grows from the barrel of a gun.
There’s no Team in “I”.
“The greater part of happiness depends not upon our circumstances but on our dispositions.”
And, my all time favorite, “There’s no sense crying about things you can’t change.”
“Shit happens.”
“People are like tea bags… you don’t know how strong they are until you throw them in hot water”
–Elinor Roosevelt, I think
These are simply different versions of “this too shall pass”, but from my high school Latin days:
Dabit deus hic quoque finem. – God also will give an end to this.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. – Perhaps it will be joy someday to remember even this.
That’s definitely one of mine. Not that it stops me worrying, but still.
Others of mine:
"If you don’t know, ask."
"Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
"Winning isn’t everything. Attitude is."
"Don’t just think about the future. Sooner or later, you won’t have one."
I like my dad’s version better:
Stupid is forever. Ignorance can be fixed.
In a similar vein, I have a Demotivators poster on my office wall with the following adage:
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
Real life sucks losers dry. If you want to fuck with the eagles, you’ve got to learn to fly.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
Something I say to my husband when he gets frustrated trying to cajole our stupid, noisy-ass neighbors into being more courteous and quiet (we’re now on our second set).
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.
“You can make up the dollar, but you can’t make up the day”