We are all slaves to the shining metal.

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.

In a way, I was safe writing

Hesitation creates gaps. Boldness obliterates them.

A life is similar to a book. Some chapters are boring, a few emotional, a handful memorable, others saddening, one or two thoughtful and many full of smiles.

Wherever there is light, one can photograph.

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.

Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.

I sort of have to self-censor sometimes.

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

You can go home again...so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.

The race belongs not only to the swift and strong but to those who keep on running