Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented.

Cats are the wildest of the tame and the tamest of the wild

Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.

You may say organize, organize, organize; but there may be so much organization that it will interfere with the work to be done.

A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.