There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other. – O. Henry, Rolling Stones, 1912
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke
When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughters from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter. – Terri Apter
Personally, I think four is the perfect number of children for our particular family. Four is enough to create the frenzied cacophony that my husband and I find so joyful. – Ayelet Waldman
By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms. – Johannes Stark
