He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

To those we love best we say the least

The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

Life is simple. Make good decisions and good things happen. Make bad decisions and bad things happen.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Before Elvis there was nothing.

To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed... There is nothing sweeter in the world.

True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.

Why would you go anyplace without your iPad? This is the greatest invention. When it gets a little more power, my God. It's like my office.

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.