A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow - James Matthew Barrie

You are in love with my husband. You need some acting lessons to learn to hide it better.

It's easy to respect a general, but it's hard to love them.

Sacrifice is the very essence of religion; ... Without sacrifice there is no true worship of God.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought so hard and long to possess.

Tennessee Williams, one of my favorite playwrights, [lived] down there. You always heard about the Keys and how amazing they are and, well, it's like a highway with some bars on it.

Everything about me remembers everything about you

By God's design, I believe our hearts and minds are shaped by Story. It's how we learn. It's how we make sense of the world. Characters, situations, moral consequences are all around us.

The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.