It's one of the great fallacies, it seems to me, that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to man.

They successfully combined piracy and puritanism, which aren't so unlike when you come right down to it. Both had a strong dislike for opposition and both had a roving eye for other people's property.

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish)

There is no term comparable to green thumbs to apply to such a mechanic, but there should be. For there are men who can look, listen, tap, make an adjustment, and a machine works.

Trips to fairly unknown regions should be made twice; once to make mistakes and once to correct them.

It is the nature of a person as he/she grows older to protest against change, particularly changes for the better.