She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans.

Everything we do in life, we do with certain expectations.

If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck.

If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of our indifference to its meaning and importance.

Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.

I'd also remind people, if I were running for Presidency, that a long-term problem facing the budget is Social Security and Medicare.

When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.

My wife is funny. And I dabble in it. So being funny is big around our house. But what's surprised me is my daughter can do an English accent. I don't know how she learned this.

I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.

Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence.