Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

the heart never grows old.

My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I have carried with me all of my life. We recognized each other. I was her child and she was my mother.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not.

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them.