The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
To try to be better is to be better.
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.
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.