If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Mindfulness is attainable when one can embrace life, not its circumstances.

Our choices decide our direction and carve a path for our personal lives and our careers.

Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

I met a travler from an ancient land.

Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.

Nobody owes me anything. I am not at a disadvantage. I am equipped, empowered, and anointed.

It's perfectly understandable and proper for one to be anti-Semite, but to exterminate women and children is so extraordinary, it's hard to believe. No defendant here wanted that.

There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups.