The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.
All confidence which is not absolute and entire, is dangerous. There are few occasions but where a man ought either to say all, or conceal all; for, how little so ever you have revealed of your secret to a friend, you have already said too much if you think it not safe to make him privy to all particulars.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.
When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.