There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

Thanks to Scoop, I've learned a lot about how the male mind works, and as a result I've been having nightmares for months.

We can never know truth, but some stories are better than others.

In America, money takes the place of God.

Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.

Reports of a hurricane are unfounded.

I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

I don't think that the United States cares. They just assume that North Korea will soon have nuclear weapons.

According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I don't think any of that was particularly interesting.

I'd prefer to be right than consistent.