Just as soon as the uplifters get a country reformed it slips into a nose dive.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.

An old stomach reforms more whiskey drinkers than a new resolve.