How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.