Conscience is the name which the orthodox give to their prejudices.

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

All forced virtue is degrading in it effect.

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.

In this world, no word is being uselessly spoken.

The Clinton strength was to play to people without a college education. High school people. That's how you win elections.

Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.

Jazz is the music of unemployment.

If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

If God did not intend the cat to live happily with humankind, why is there a meow in the middle of the word 'hoMEOWner'?

Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold?

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.