Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.