We are generally punished by where we have sinned.

Coffee is not as necessary to ministers of the reformed faith as to Catholic priests. The latter are not allowed to marry, and coffee is said to induce chastity.

One who no longer wishes to laugh had best marry in France; they will soon find that it is no laughing matter.

It may be said of happy marriages as of the phoenix - there is but one a century.

Love is a luxury.""No. Love is an element."An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

He looked up at her. Kindness was something he didn't even know he wanted, and here it was.

There's something more surprising than becoming a bestseller, and that's receiving messages of hate by other fellow authors.

...I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to have something of mine...

One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home.

It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting.

I guess I'm destined to be loveless

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.