"The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them."

"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while."

"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."

"No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish."

"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."

"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost."

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."

"The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks."

"My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."

"ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it. Enough is as good as a feast -- for that matter Enougher's as good as a feast for the platter. Arbely C. Strunk"