One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
A joke's a very serious thing.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Well done is better than well said.