Morale still seems reasonably high and, while the desertion rate has risen, it is still limited to those who can walk.
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
If god exists, I hope he has a good excuse.
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
Many, whose hearts are conquered by acute spite, roll out balanced tales from their own heart, which do not balance when you weigh words against deeds.
Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.
“It gets late early out here.”
I'm a politician.I run for office. That's my profession.
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.
I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
The wheel is come full circle.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.