The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them.

Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

I don't usually get to play sophisticated women. I usually do the old scrubs, chavs or slappers.

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

To adore one has to yearn.

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

I love a pair of sexy heels with jeans, a nice jacket, or a little dress.

Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough.

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

I'd once heard a spiritual "riddle" that went like this: "What's the only thingin heaven that's the same as it was on earth?"The answer: the wounds in Jesus' hands and feet.