Expectation makes a blessing dear. Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it was.

Love is the fart Of every heart It pains the man when 'tis kept close, And others doth offend, when 'tis let loose.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight.

She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.

Opportunity, to statesmen, is as the just degree of heat to chemists; it perfects all the work.

Our sins, like to our shadows, when our day was in its glory, scarce appeared; toward our evening, how great and monstrous!

Why so pale and wan, fond lover, Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?

I prithee send me back my heart, Since I cannot have thine; For if from yours you will not part, Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?

Abruptness is an eloquence in parting, when spinning out the time is but the weaving of new sorrow.

Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together; And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather.

But oh, she dances in such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'

All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral.

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

I do read, but not as much as I'd like to. I take five books at once and just scan through them.

Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting.

Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.

There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.