I want a house that has got over all its troubles I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Nu pot fi eu insumi decat daca ma inalt pana la furie sau cobor pana la descurajare: la nivelul meu obisnuit, ignor faptul ca exist.

The point wasn't always to do what you want. The point was to do what you did and to do it well.

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.

Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.

I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.

There are many religious points of view where the conservation of the world is just as important as it is to scientists.

You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.

Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.