Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.

Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.

A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.

In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . . . There were the texts; there was no mistaking their meaning; . . . she was doing in all this thing what the Bible had mapped out for her to do. So unassailable was her position that in all the centuries she had no word to say against human slavery.

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.

The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.