We thank Thee, O Father of all, for... all the soul-help that sad souls understand.

I am sure there are many things better than a good cigar, but right now, I can't think of what they might be.

Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.

To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.

Cholesterol is a substance in the blood that causes you to eat salads.

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.

But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.

Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.

...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern Europeans, especially long-headed ones

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.

All you need is love and joy.

Everyone should be able to attend to his religious as well as his bodily needs without the police sticking their nose in.

Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job. The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a chance of fitting in.

I can't imagine why you're so interested." He shook his head. "Interested? We're talking about you. I'm fascinated.

one ingredient of revenge is always pride.

I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer.

People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Today I told myself that in actual fact anyone who takes an innocuous and random delight in his life is an absolute lummox.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.