I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.