Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

When I write, I feel like an armless leg less man with a crayon in his mouth.

God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rules have been blurred, because today they were literally on my front doorstep.

People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.

The approach to "building" a story with words and phrases is no different than "building" a painting with brushes and pigments.

Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing.

I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.

Mothers-in-law do not make good house pets. Once I had the most wonderful dream -- I dreamed that mothers-in-law cost money and I couldn't afford one.

Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.