Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

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

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

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

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.