War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.

I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that redeems the human tragedy and makes it tolerable. No, more than tolerable. Wonderful.

Better a broken promise than none at all.

We can achieve what we can conceive and believe.

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.