The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.