There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Your first love is like your first language. No matter how many other languages you learn to speak, you can never be as good as in your first.

My favorite [costume in collection] is the white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in the subway breeze scene in 'The Seven Year Itch.'

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

I am convinced that we become what we do.

I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

I think Walking Dead is more of a stretch for me because I'm a light hearted superhero kind of guy.

My major focus is national security because that's really what the president runs.

I want to play everything. I really want to do it all.

Successful people spend 10% of their time focused on the problems and 90% of the rest, focused on the solution.