Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.
Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.
The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.
Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.