for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.

A little honest swearin' wipeth away anger and bringeth peace to the soul.

Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling. Women are the same with their lovers.

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy.

The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

Mike Pence, when he was in Congress, voted against raising the minimum wage above $5.15. And he has been a one-man bulwark against minimum wage increases in Indiana.

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.