Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Our independence shall be our total dependence on the Divine Being, God.

The webs spun by our existence had gracefully overlapped and knotted until you could not have one without the other. We were infinitely intertwined.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

A good character is the best tombstone.

Love isn’t only passion and joy. It’s also sacrifice.

People want security in this insecure world.

You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think!

Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House.

She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.