Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.

If I had more time, I would have written less.

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.