The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.

Every time I see a bluebird, I say, well, hey, all this hard work is all worth while.

There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.

Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.