One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.

Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.

Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance

Older generations are living proof that younger generations can survive their lunacy.

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

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