Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

You can tell a lot about an area from its library, and I'd never discount the usefulness of town archives.

Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.

The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!

I wouldn't agree with people saying Lil Wayne is wack, you know what I mean? Because I've heard Lil Wayne records many times and he say a lot of clever things.

Hope is the best contraceptive.

God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place–worship when no one else is watching.

It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.

I'm not sure that is correct but I love that interpretation - that we artists never go out of self-portrait.

Don't call me a Postmodern!