A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her . . . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.

A fool shouts charge when he should retreat, A coward shouts retreat when he should charge and a wise man knows the difference. I charge.

There are some things that you experience with God that you'll never be able to articulate this side of heaven.

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter.

Just one thing I know for sure, chicks dig jerks.

I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.

A great speech is literature.