Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Grace is freely given by God, in sacred moment of salvation.

In every argument there is a discovery of truth and a bed of success.

If we must encounter each other, let’s do it the old way—in the dark, by the fire, our breaths bated, the world a big black mystery beyond us.

If you say one thing, and do something different, how can your conscience trust you? Self-trust comes from integrity.

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.

Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.