Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Decision and choices define life.

Who was the moron on the phone?""Carl Avery, " Kate said. "A long-standing client and potential felon.

Do not be anxious and begin to pray.

I've got the Lord on board.

A real man is capable of controlling himself before he controls his children.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.

Great striking partnerships come in pairs.

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged.

DNA ties us all together; we share ancestry with barracuda and bacteria and mushrooms, if you go far enough back.