Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

Working to perfect our gift and overcoming the pain of self-discipline, we achieve our goals and move on to our dreams

She was everything he'd ever wanted in a woman, and nothing he'd ever thought to find in a lady.

Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn't need one.

If you must leave your job after three months - and I recommend staying a year unless you're totally miserable - then downplay the short tenure both in your resume and in interviews.

You want to have strong legs. You're in the trenches going against bigger guys in there, and you want to be able to have some force against them.

Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.

Every advantage has its tax.

This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.

I cheat my boys every chance I get, I want to make 'em sharp.