Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Many are called but few get up.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

You can always get another job. You’ll never get another life.

That morning set in motion a series of events that caused me to wrestle with questions of God’s goodness.

Problems are part of life and within the obstacles it creates are brilliant miracles for the enduring folks.

Guilt chilled me more than all of this rain combined.

Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form.

If I had faced it then, I wouldn't be facing it now, but sooner or later you have to choose between running and facing the thing you thought you could not face.

Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.

Do what is important, not what is urgent.