A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.