There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

He tried to think of death as he had done now and then, but that tired him and he dozed off. When he awoke an hour later, he felt fresh and calm as though he had slept for days.

Behavior slays the dragon of illusion and reveals the truth.

I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.

It was always assumed I would be a professor. I grew up thinking it.

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

The crowds at Flushing Meadow are about as impartial as a Nuremberg Rally.

Each of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of all of us. And all of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of each of us.

Now I become myself. It’s taken time, many years and places.

I use images as signifiers that point to layers of history, lost communities or a latent collective whispering within a certain context.

Most of the really good literature I've read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on in the history of the world - or contemporary.