To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes

These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance.

An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.