If I had my life to live over again, I'd live over a saloon.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

Even fairy tales have limits, " said Sophie. "Three people can't have an Ever After. Not without me being alone.

The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.

Happiness is not a place - it is a direction.

Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.

That's what friends are for. The people who aren't in your life 'cause they're related, or hot for you. They just love you.

Act like the person you conceive yourself to be.

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds.

Everybody who really does what he is capable of, is a hero

Win through your actions, never through argument.