Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.

Don't get on a horse that's moving.

I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.

True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.

The people who can do you the most damage are the ones who are closest to you.

The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.