I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.
I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.
The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.