Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious otter of roses out of the otter.

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.