He who has loved often ... has loved never.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

I'll admit it I'm on acid: uric acid! It makes my gout hurt like hell, but the foods I eat are so damn well

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

They say give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to fish and he'll get his own show on the Discovery Channel.

We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.

A new beauty has been added to the splendor of the world - the beauty of speed.

I could be like everyone else and stop eating, but that wouldn't make me happy.

I designed a bench in a few moments. But, of course, it took me 25 years to do it.

I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?

Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.

How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?