A bad conscience has a very good memory

What do you mean overdrawn, I still have checks.

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T".

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

A fair face may fade, but a beautiful soul last forever.

Laughter is by definition healthy.