The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.
“It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.”
“Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.”