Never did a great man hate good wine.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

It will always take a good deal more courage to do something foolishly dangerous, when it is planned, than when it happens by surprise.

It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

I don't get 'shark' - but who cares!

She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.' Maybe that explains it,' I said.

We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person.

You know, I’m fan of women in general. I don’t want to discriminate.

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it

Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.

No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.