There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.

I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off.

A man was like a child with his appetites. A woman had to yield him what he wanted, or like a child he would probably turn nasty and flounce away and spoil what was a very pleasant connection.

When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you.

All four Gospels agree in giving us a picture of a very definite personality. One is obliged to say, "Here was a man. This could not have been invented.

I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.

Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.

Never trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed center, so you can never believe them.