Stolen sweets are best.

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Losers must have leave to speak.

Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy!

When a husband stops paying attention to the garden, he's thinking of pulling up roots.

Mysticism is like pure science

People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.

I will learn, the opportunity will come.

Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...

We have lost contact with man's natural desire for the exalted, for a concern with our relation to absolute emotions.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings.

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.