The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Always make your future bigger than your past.

Why are some things easier to write than say?

I don't see myself playing or adjusting my schedule for senior tournament golf.

The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.

I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero.

I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.

You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

More than anything, it's a game of innocence. Politicians may come and go, but they always get booed at the ballpark.

Nicki Minaj has a better booty; but I have better shoes.

A garden is never so good as it will be next year.