A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.