What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Only God can mend a broken heart.

What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don't stand up for the former and live by the latter?

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer.

Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder.

As our thought is opened and we behold the image of eternity within ourselves, we are changed by this image into a newness of life.

Ideally, you want to be in a fifty-fifty power-sharing arrangement with the audience - both of you are there for a mutually enjoyable experience.

Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.

Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.

I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.