marriages do not take root in the presence of witnesses but only in the consciousness of the persons involved.

Love in its early stages rarely maintains a level, it always seems to be growing or diminishing.

Marriage is a sleepy guard to which one confides one's dearest treasure, love.

Death reduces all men to the same rank. It strips the rich of his millions and the poor man of his rags . . .Death knows no age limits, no partiality. It is a thing that all men fear.

Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself.

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.

He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor...for through the assistance which he renders he...supplies him with the means of doing evil to others.

Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.

The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains.

Friendship is higher than love. Sometimes, it's less glamorous, or less passionate, but it's deeper and kind of wiser, I think.

Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?

Religion is different from everything else; because in religion seeking is finding.