Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

There's those who talk about it. And there's those who BE about it!

You don't protect any of your individual liberties by lying down and going to sleep.

All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again.

Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.