America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Neither did the cop car that went past, nor the firetruck, nor the next three cop-cars.
If my mental map was right, we were heading down to Fisherman's Wharf.
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.