God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less than the large is the mainspring, the dynamo, the jet propulsion of all complete living.

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.