Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

He nodded and leaned down to kiss me. I let him, Dad be damned.

Faith and doubt both are needed not as antagonists but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

Goethe said there would be little left of him if you were to discard what he owed to others.

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball.

Letters are things, not pictures of things.

We have some really, really wonderful actors on the horizon.

Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.