Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.

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.

I'm really a peaceful sort of coward.

Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?

God provides the food, men provide the cooks.

A clear personal brand communicates what you have to offer and attracts desirable opportunities.

The devil, he's about this big. He had a red suit on and a widow's peak, and then a pointed tail, and like a sulfur reek. Yes, it was him alright, I swear.

Aioli epitomizes the heat, the power, and the joy of the Provencal sun, but it has another virtue -- it drives away flies.

Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

The parry is wrong." - Drizzt Do'Urden

She may be cute, but she's just a substitute.