Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

What is Love? It is a long followed companionship of two souls.

Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!

Always believe in yourself and never give up because you don't know what success could be right around the corner.

A lot of things in history change over time.

Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.

Its so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

And those Texas sunsets... I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.