The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.