A talkative person runs himself upon great inconvenience by blabbing out his own and others' secrets.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

The world's biggest tree, the redwood tree was once a little nut that just kept growing regardless of weather.

Vampirism is not a contagious disease.

Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their constituents to stand with the gun lobby.

In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social Security benefits to Nazis. So from now on, no SS for the SS.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.

I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job.

There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate but we are wasting precious time.

And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.