Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.

Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.

The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends.

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.

We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.