Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car.

A bulldog can whip a skunk, but sometimes it's not worth it.

I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery.

The problem with most Americans is that they don't like any question that takes more than ten seconds to answer.

Some Elvis music and a good cry always helps.

Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.

Finding is losing something else. I think about, perhaps even mourn, what I lost to find this

I like to reminisce with people I don't know.