What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.

The child's existence turned a plain world to riches. Her life raised up like this, the child giving point and purpose to each day, the care of him transforming her, widening and deepening her.

How become a writer? Naturally.

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.

The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life.

Oftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings.

Regardless of how hard, challenging, frightening, or difficult an experience may seem, everything is just as it needs to be in order for us to heal, grow, and learn.

It's nice when your dad can be your friend.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.