Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of another.
Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.
When misfortunes happen to such as dissent from us in matters of religion, we call them judgments; when to those of our own sect, we call them trials; when to persons neither way distinguished, we are content to attribute them to the settled course of things.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.
Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there.
More people have been killed by totalitarian regimes, during times of peace, than in all the wars in the world combined.
My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.
And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island.