Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.

One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.

Contraries are cured by contraries.

In foreign affairs, the president can do what he wants unless Congress says no. In domestic policy, the president can't do anything unless Congress says yes.