Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself.

What's a star when his most important fan is missing?

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the US to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

For someone to believe in you, is always the best feeling in the world

My father believed in me many times more than I believed in myself.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

There's lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn't, there is in the next. And we're going there, sure.