We tire of those pleasures we take but never of those we give.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

As far as now I can tell that most Stephen King fans don't know him well. They have read or viewed few works and their judge is based on them... that's now well knowing a writer!

There is always hope and room for faith. Unless, of course, you trust the voice that screams otherwise, while ignoring the whisper that knows this to be true.

I'm not talking about the people. I have nothing against the people. I have nothing against the Indonesian people or the Arab people or the Muslim people. I'm talking about the ideology.

There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.

We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it.

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing.

No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.

The father is the sun, the mother is the moon and the light they mutually shed on their kids makes them bright stars against a very dark night.

It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain.