It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.

If you combine all the spectral rays into a single beam, you get white light; and, if you combine all the virtues into a single beam, you get charity.

When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.

The American government is a rule of the people, by the people, for the bosses.

Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.