Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Without dance, a man can do nothing.

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

When you have nothing to offer, love gives abundantly.

People who have NO ambition to make a difference in this life should not interrupt the people who DO.

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.

The world is bound in secret knots.

Why doesn't love come with an owner's manual?

When I'm at work, I'm remembering what I forgot to do for the kids, and when I'm with the kids, I'm remembering what I forgot to do at work.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

A house is never perfectly furnished for enjoyment unless there is a child in it rising three years old, and a kitten rising three weeks.