The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress

No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

You have to conquer every obstacle to realize the goal.

I have no special desire to go crawl around in caves, but I really like the word [spelunking] and want to use it in conversation. I do a lot of things just to use words I like.

What we find changes who we become.

I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains.

I am a very committed European.

Always keep your anger bottled up. You might need a bottle of anger some day when friends come by and won't leave.

I like everyone who tries to show that madness is, in large part, conditioned by society and particularly by the family, and therefore, strongly affects women.

Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.