Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

I seek to know my soul.

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

My truffles? You took them? That's just mean!

Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

The most noble cause known to man is the liberation of the human mind and spirit.

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.