Great men are not always wise.
I'm very lonely now, Mary, For the poor make no new friends; But oh they love the better still The few our Father sends!
I wanted to become an atheist but I gave it up. They have no holidays.
The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
Whisky drowns some troubles and floats a lot more.
A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.
I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.
I remember when I got married. I remember where I got married. But for the life of me, I can't remember why I got married.
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
Dry August and warm, Doth harvest no harm.
Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.
Somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
Old age is that night of life, as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
One anecdote of a man is worth a volume of biography.
No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't fake.
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children - except in self-defense.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.