If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me.

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question every one should be serene slow-pulsed and calm.

Insolence is not logic epithets are the arguments of malice.

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religion but nearly all religions come from that hope.

My creed is this: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to help make others so.

When insulted by injustice, face it, stand up against it and demand your right and justice.

There is very little difference in people but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.

I've never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.

You have to smile after making trouble. This way you get in less trouble.

I left home at 17, traveled. I got married when I was 21. That's a young age. As it turned out, things were fine, then not so fine, and then it was a blunder. That happens all the time.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.

Happiness must be shared. Selfishness it its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one's self. It is quiet, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within.