The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.

The taste forever refines in the study of women.

The rain is playing its soft pleasant tune fitfully on the skylight, and the shade of the fast-flying clouds across my book passed with delicate change.

Caroline, do you value your neck?""Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?""Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.

Getting down to the gym a couple days a week and having low-fat milk in your morning latte isn’t going to make much of a dent in a system or lifestyle that is essentially, well, unwell.

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.

Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wings and I offer him whatever he wants.

I'm a boring guy - I have a wife and three kids. I'm not like Mr. Controversy.

Norman Mailer in his writings is ultimately more concerned with success than with danger; danger is only a means to success.

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.