The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.

I think we've tied acquiring knowledge too much to school

Why should I ever resist any delay or disapointment, any affliction or oppression or humiliation - when I know God will use it in my life to make me like Jesus and to prepare me for heaven?

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

What they sell to the masses are the chains you must break if you are ever to be in control of your life.

The [Ronald] Reagan administration picked up the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement; they said "Yyeah, you're right." We have to eliminate nuclear weapons.

The Goth character was a difficult thing to get my head round. I'm not really a fan of Goth music. I'm more a piano and guitar man - that's what I love.

A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.

I always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.'