There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen.

My heart should be breaking, too, but there comes a point when you’re so inured to loss that you no longer feel the lash.

All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.

If our country got along with Russia, that would be a great thing.

Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.