The worst of all hobbies are those that people think they can get money at. They shoot their money down like corn out of a sack then.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

In the dull, persistent beat of her heart, she hears the rhythm of hope. It is faint and thin as a thread, but it is there.

Worldly love is limited. Divine love is infinite.

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

My parents just always taught me to be reasonable.

You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.

The harder you try to control your girlfriend the further you'll drive her away, so stop acting like a dumbbell.

Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.

How funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally.