The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

We are given talent but we choose to have character.

Dream and act HUGE my friends

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Any manwhose love of horses isstronger thanhis fear of being an absurdity is all right with me.

There is no better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit.

Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.

I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.

In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

I thought Black Friday was when everyone puts on blackface and steals children from Wal-Mart.