Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous.

You’ve always got me”“Always?”“Didn’t I just say so?”“Yes”“Am I liar? ““No.” I lied.

I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to myself, I would always be this raw, wet child hereafter...

You would hate people if you were like me… If you weren’t wanted.

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

As for what you're calling hard luck - well we made New England out of it. That and codfish.

To be successful one must make change an ongoing process. Quality is a race with no finish line.

God plants no yearning in the human soul that he does not intend to satisfy.

America knows nothing of food, love, or art.

I think even in today's America, there's a sense that there's something vaguely sexy about cigarettes.

I have loved another with all my heart, and for me that has always been enough.

Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.