| Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. |
| Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. |
| It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. |
| Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. |
| You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. |
| Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. |
| The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. |
| A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. |
| Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it. |
| Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. |
