Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

May every soul be rescued and redeemed by the Saviour.

Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets.

I want to be the most unsold, and the most unsought-after author, after I stop selling my fake name anagrams on the internet.

I don't want to write about real things, I would rather write about an uncontrollable parasitic twin.

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.

One of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.

As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring Americas promise as a land of opportunity.