If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

[Technology] has taught us how to become gods before we have learned to be men.

Human beings are born of blood, bound by gravity, eventually to perish... fallible by design... destined.

Your manners are critical for both making a positive first impression and creating success in life, love, and business.

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?

Leave life alone. Let it be.

Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. [Lat., Delle belle eruditissima, delle erudite bellissima.]

Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand.

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.

I just—we were talking, and we fell asleep. I swear, we didn’t, um—’’ ‘‘Yeah, you’d better not have ummed.