The devil loves 'curing' a small fault by giving you a great one.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing.

We all have a second chance in life to make up for the first.

It's better to bet on this life than on the next.

Writing has freed me from the despair of living.

The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.

I think that when you are famous, it can work against you, people have preconceptions about your image.

Ill-gotten gains work evil.