Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words.

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think.

The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.

[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.

Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.