Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.

It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit of the law and to the principle of transparency on which it is based.

We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.

Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.

We buy them (books) as our budget allows. But eighth grade has four trade books (individual-title books), and you have time to do more than that during the school year.

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.