Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.

Be brief, be buoyant, and be brilliant.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his method he has to acquire from others.

When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.

A gentleman need not know Latin but he should at least have forgotten it.

There are many worlds in the 'Realm of Worlds' where the ascendant beings are not male or female.

Tonight the sky is the color of my heart, bleeding crimson for my love

The poor man is poor because he will not heed instruction.

Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts, and the health of our oceans declines.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

As soon as I walk out that door, you're gonna decide you want me back. You might even tell yourself that you're in love with me. But you're not. You never will be.

I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin.