The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.

An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain what he can't see.

Knowledge is power, especially when it is hitched to a workhorse.

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

Time was when the average person could pay as he goes. Nowadays he has to pay as he comes and goes.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man.