We are either kings or pawns of men
Well, it is a humiliating reflection, that the straightest road to a man's heart is through his palate.
Nowhere more than in New York does the contest between squalor and splendor so sharply present itself.
Every father knows at once too much and too little about his own son.
Advice is like a doctor's pills; how easily he gives them! how reluctantly he takes them when his turn comes!
Pity that gold should always bring with it the canker - covetousness.
I dare say you will try to make me believe that Editors are human. Now I deny that, for I myself have, in past days, had evidence to the contrary.
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.
My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor.
You hear about people your whole life, 'So-and-so has cancer,' and you're like, 'Wow, that's too bad,' and then most people tend to go about their day. But when someone tells you that it's your father or it's your family, that doesn't tend to go away.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.