A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.

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.

Don't expect to drop into matrimonial harmony with the end of the honeymoon

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us.

What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.

Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.

In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.

To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

Stop tryin to be loud as me, cause you can't do that, Think about it...playing Russian roulette with an automatic!

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.

People who annoy people are the luckiest people in the world.

Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.