Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Many are called but few get up.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

How many times do I have to tell you? We are not gangsters!

Some things are hard to imagine. Can you conceive of excessive contentment, for example? Or an over pleasant evening? Too much happiness?

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.

The world will never be converted to God unitl Christians cry less and laugh and sing more.

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me.

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I'd probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet.

Man has always been half-monster, half-dreamer.