He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.

No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.

It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth.

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.

When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly.

No one heals himself by wounding another.

We were created to look at one another, weren't we

Winter is a time to pause, reflect and renew for the coming Spring.

What we call the beginning is often an end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

Americans have made it clear we want to build a more sustainable future. I am excited to harness that energy and see what we can create together.

Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs.

I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.

As a straight news correspondent I would never make an issue of someone's personal life unless they have put it out there for public consumption.