Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

We do not know what happens when we sleep.

The only reward of virtue is virtue

I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

What? Okay, back up. How in the hell do you 'turn up missing'?

These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

If the advice is simply to respect yourself and follow the path that you want to follow, that would be the best advice I could ever pass on.

I am sacred when you love me. I am your sanctuary, you are mine.