It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.

I was afraid that your buns were blown all the way to the Bardot Museum in Paris, where they put them on display, and then….” Mina said, “Were they displayed like this?" —Bats 2015

The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky.

In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.

A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.

women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!

I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.

Surgeon general's job is to protect, promote and advance the health, safety and security of the nation.

Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.