A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

Jealousy is the grave of affection.

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

It was less in pity than in anger that the world was moved by the photograph of little Alan Kurdi, that dead three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose name we're all remembering now on the first anniversary of his drowning, along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother Rehanna.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

There is no substitute for victory.

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.