That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

The revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy…

Emotions manipulates the man more than habits do.

Don't show your inferiority by climbing a stunted tree, show your superiority by climbing the longest and crooked one.

Always refer to those of the female gender as ladies.The descriptive woman is usually reserved in Dixie for females of questionable respect.

The doctrines that have been preached in our churches in Africa and globally has not been helpful for believers to dominate the earth.

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

Things will get better - despite our efforts to improve them.