When two agree in their desire, One sparke will set them both on fire.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

How old you would become if you don't know how young you are.

Every word you speak is a prayer, or meditation of reinforcement which creates permanence.

She's beautiful and therefore to be woo'd: She is a woman therefore to be won.

Ninety-five per cent of my language problems are the fault of that stupid little midget.

Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.

I even worry about reflective flea collars. Oh, sure, drivers can see them glow in the dark, but so can the fleas.

I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.

I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself.

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.