Mary Ellen Chase

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

If that doomsday scenario happens, will it help if you have heaps of paper money? I don't think so.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.