... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

South Carolina is not a state; it is a cult.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

If smallness was fortune, then I had come across a treasure, infinitesimal and beyond value. I felt lucky. You had to decide what was estimable and precious in your life and set out to find it. The objects you valued defined you.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

Honor is the presence of God in man.

My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.