Besides, you want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I'm no hand for that. I'm a lawyer.

To the bottle! In infancy, the milk bottle; in our prime, the wine bottle; in our dotage, the pill bottle.

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.

every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.

It takes a good many years and some pretty hard knocks to make people tolerant.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!