Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now both are considered quite refined.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.