Petty laws breed great crimes.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

The starting point toward developing an improved future is building the power to picture it.

Experience is the cane of the blind.

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.

It is so hard to leave-until you leave.

Right now, Im very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.

I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V.

The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that.

I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back.

The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.

Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind.