To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.

The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

It's scary to be a woman on a blind date. For all she knows the man she is meeting up with could be a rapist, a murderer, or, God forbid, a politician.

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.