The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

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.

There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.

A natural disaster in one American city is a natural disaster in every American city, including Fresno and, for that matter, every city and small town in the San Joaquin Valley.

We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.

The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions. It remains the most published and most read book in the world of literature.

Heiresses are never jilted.

I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts

Every man is not so much a workman in the world as he is a suggestion of that he should be. Men walk as prophecies of the next age.

Lovers have heartaches That can't be cured by drugs Or sleep, Or games, But only by seeing their beloved.