Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Sometimes dreaming is opening your eyes and looking at the world around you.

Never underestimate the importance of tragedy in life. Don't fear it, make it the mirror of your life.

What the efficient market hypothesis doesn't account for is that people are not always rational. Just ask any divorce lawyer.

[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

The key to selecting the winner isn't choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick

He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.

My background sets me apart. I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child.

I've always stayed really close with my mother and my father.

There are many democracies in our Arab and Islamic countries, but unfortunately, they are all false democracies.