Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.