Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

It is money makes the mare to trot.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality.

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

It's goodbye to some things. And hello to others.

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

I've never felt like this before, with anyone. It's against the rules of surviving.

I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.

You are never really with a person unless you are alone with him.