My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

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.

Happiness is not found in serenity, tranquility or surrealism. It is found in harmony of thoughts, actions, and reality.

Forgive? It's not easy, Millicent. But I must forgive. Even if he never say he sorry. I do my part. Leave Boone's part to God. That not for me to control. So, not for me to worry about.

When he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad lot.

A lot of times, people think they're the only ones that feel a certain way.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

Sometimes you need coffee, and sometimes you need a Bloody Mary.

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.