He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.

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.

All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, "I am the way.

A week is a long time in the life of a child.

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

The last thing America needs is four more years of Barack Obama.

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

City life is millions of people being lonesome together.

It seems to be typical of life in America ... that the second generation has no time to talk to the first.

Everyone will hurt you if you let them in.

It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them.

A movie that is unable to elicit emotion isn't a movie.