Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy!

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Losers must have leave to speak.

The happy have whole days.

Many were the steps taken in doubt, that saw their shapeless ends in no time. Those who travail in faith today will truimph in joy tomorrow. Let faith lead the way.

Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create them.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

Love lifts you up. Love is giving and kindness. Love is encouraging. Love is healing. If these things do not surround you, you are in the wrong relationship.

Smile creates love and peace

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

Medicare, getting through that in the '60s, after Kennedy's assassination, where there was such an emotional desire to do something to carry on his agenda.

With a cigar like in life, you got to have some length, and some girth.

The problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger than you are.

We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.