The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.
Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.
Writing on the wall: Will trade three blind crabs for two with no teeth.
Lightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot.