A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
All the world's a cage.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.