The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.

The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life ...

I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream.

I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

Sometimes it's smart to be scared.

Truth is, of course, relative. But then, so is relative.

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]

Gansey studied Adam's erratic handwriting. His letters always looked like they were running from something.

An artist's work is a synthesis of much more than the work of other creators.

I call myself "The Love King" in all aspects. Poetically speaking, in the bedroom, I love, and in social conflict.

That's something that I've always gotten: a sense of humanity, a sense of awareness of yourself and the world around you.