Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.

I am just an old-fashioned girl.

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.

It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.