When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

You really don't know a person until you spend some time in their panties.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past.

Everyone wants a hug and kiss. It translates into any language.

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.

Short-term can be terminal.

I'd love to direct commercials on Caribbean beacheswith luscious women rubbing on suntan lotion, but all I get arethese documentary-type things.

We men of study, whose heads are in our books, have need to be straightly looked after! We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.

There is no one more vicious on their own than conservative women on conservative women.

Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.