Fact is stranger than fiction.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.

True repentence is to depart from evil. A return to God, seeking his grace for power to obey him.

Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things.

Blame has no purpose, and it is a lousy teacher.

This was one of those non-glamorous parts about college that people never tell you about - worrying that the dilapidated apartment hosting a party would fall apart with you in it.

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper

A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye.

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.