Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.