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.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

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.

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

Are all firefighters as hot as you?

Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!

You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.

Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up.

It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them.

My chief 'success philosophy' is, 'Give people every opportunity to say "Yes" to you'.

I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.