The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.

I want to be born and reborn as a cherry tree so that I may beautify this world with my blossoms, feed everyone with my nectar of love fruits, and purify the air with my calmly dancing leaves.

In searching for myself, I have created myself.

And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love.

He that is not jealous is not in love.

So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.

Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer.

He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.

Proud to be a Muslim isn't a stamp you have on your heart, it's a light you have in your heart.