There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

Part of the artist's job is to make the commonplace singular, to project a different interpretation onto the conventional.

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas and pursue our abstract imaginings.

I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my hea

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

More and more I find I'm really impressed with how much my son knows and how much he thinks like me. But he never would agree with me and he never would listen to me on anything.

Never run a bluff with a six-gun.

The title is one of the most important things. It is the first thing that people read.

Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.

May the honey-sweet flute music that flows from Lord Mukunda's lotus mouth fill me with bliss.