It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted.

If you have a drop of violence or anger in your mind, it can ignite a candle and be the source of violence, so be kind.

If you put gratitude at the center of your life, one day you will find it has completely taken over.

I believed almost every negative thing that I ever heard someone say about me.

I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you

Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.

I've never understood how God could expect His creatures to pick the one true religion by faith-it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself.