"Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself."

"Where desire writhed there stands a stone; the change was sudden and complete."

"To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings."

"Worrying about gray hair when your weight's soaring out of control is like mowing your lawn while your house is on fire."

"We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark."

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."

"Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for."

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval"

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow - it empties today of strength."

"I have no other but a woman's reason: I think him so, because I think him so."

"The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties."

"Nothing you can't spell will ever work."