An idea is salvation by imagination.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
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.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I've gone into hundreds of fortune-teller's parlors, and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.