Life is too short to be little.
The sweet simplicity of the three percents.
There is no gambling like politics.
Silence is the mother of truth.
No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.