Hope is a pleasant acquaintance but an unsafe friend.

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.

You shouldn’t have done that, Dave.

The key to understanding the answer to any questions about guidance is having a clear grasp of what is three-dimensional.

The way to get started is to take the first step with dream-powered optimism.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Think of every character as a main character. They believe they're the main characters in their stories. No one should just be an obstacle.

I think any music of any worth has been done by people who were very interested in the internal process of their soul and their mind that's taking place while they're writing music.

Do we mean love, when we say love?