It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

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

I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

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

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Well begun is half done.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.