A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Great posture is the foundation that always fits.

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

If you ask me, Now, is it your best book? I would say, I don't really know. I wouldn't even want to say. And I'd even go on and say, I don't even think so.

For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will lose momentum. There is a contract that exists between author and reader.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

I?d rather be rejected than used because they both amount to the same thing in the end, but being used takes a lot longer.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.