Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings - what we sometimes call "mind" - are a consequence of its anatomy and physiology, and nothing more.

Sarah Palin is Latina. Pay-leen. She has an infant and a grandkid the same age. Latina!

Don't make the kinds of mistakes that will bring regret.

If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

There's a difference between silence meaning agreement and being silenced.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

I'm glad that I'm female.

I feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.

I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.