A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
Keep cool and you command everybody.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.