Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Every Christian who studies history can only grieve over the atrocities that have been committed in the name of God by people who refuse to follow His ways.

Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school. I had the middle part with a swoop, all that. It was the late ’90s!

The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.

We're on a road to nowhere, come on inside. Takin' that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride. I'm feelin' okay this mornin', and you know, we're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go.

If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe.

Cat food. It stinks a bit, but if you don't put up with the smell, the little kitten will die.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.