Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.

In her single person she managed to produce the effect of a majority.

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one.

a successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions.

I liked human beings, but I did not love human nature.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.