Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for

Champions don't give up

In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family - my brother at 30, my daughter at 5.

To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance.

But a law, however venerable be the sanction, cannot suddenly transform the temper of the times . . .

To be a person who loves books is to be half in love with the idea of New York.

Don't think you have to be good because you're the only one left. Be as bad as you like.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.