Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
A minute's success pays the failure of years.
You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.
At the mention of the word mace, the guy looked scared and kind of melted back, though the crowd kept him moving forward.
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.