Since the beginningnot one unusual thinghas ever happened.

If you once tell a lie, the truth is ever after your enemy.

Logic stays true, wherever you may go, So logic never tells you where you live.

Only God can tell a truly plausible lie.

The books I would like to print are the books I love to read and keep.

...awkward passion is so often so very much more admirable than mere achievement.

There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened to their mothers.

Strong could be dealt with—but crazy? Oh no. You never knew what the crazy were going to do.

A writer who intermingles his own opinions with that of his characters is less consequent than a fascistic communist.

At the threshold of every transition in our lives the devil send a spirit of fear. Therefore be strong and very courageous!

Whatever is on your plate got there because you said yes to it.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude.

We need a president who stands up, number one, and says, we will defeat ISIS. And number two, says the greatest national security threat facing America is a nuclear Iran.