Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.