Somehow even a popular fallacy has an aspect of truth when it suits one's own case.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.

The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears.

Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

All perfection is melancholy.

Our thoughts and our mind-sets greatly affect our perception of what life is really about

When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.

My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

I like working with family and friends and people I admire. All my movies are filled with family members of some capacity. I think it means more when you have a personal relationship with someone.

In each life, no matter how it's lived, there is cause for fascination and often delight

Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!

God is always faithful to His promises, but He often surprises us in the way He fulfills them.

The only way around is through.