To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

Miracles do occur, and it's never too late to turn your life around and reach for something better.

I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

When you want to know what Penn State is, and when you want to know what 'We Are' means, come to THON.

Man is what he wills himself to be.

The competition in today's world of racing is so tough.

And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius.