The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

We can have a friendly and intimate relationship with God.

Perhaps forgiveness wasn’t a singular event, but a progression, or better, a dance that took some figuring before you could perform the steps.

Depends on the evening. A good red wine is nice in cold weather. A Claret or a Rioja. I've got a good gin we make from damson plums. And you can't beat a glass of champagne every now and again.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

Datin'is a lot like fishin'. Sometimes catch and release is the best method.

Governments and the military purport to protect the public from enemies, and if there were no enemies they would have to invent some, for the simple purpose of rationalizing their existence.

I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them.