To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The spiritual process does not look outward to find beauty, but it is a process of looking inwards to see the inner beauty.

Through Christ we have a new identity--we should not be speaking to our old man, the sinner, and giving him his identity back.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

[Adolf Hitler] had a very definite charm which enthralled most people who got to know him.

The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer. . .

After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.

I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov.