A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

I like the word ‘indolence’. It makes my laziness seem classy.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

People who say, ‘Let the chips fall where they may,’ usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody’s weakness.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.