When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an Irishman, afterward.
Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible.
Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.
The highest duty is to respect authority.
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity till he has tasted adversity.
Boredom turns a man to sex, a woman to shopping, and it drives newscasters berserk.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with blood.
Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
A filly who wants to run will always find a rider.