There is some consolation in the fact that, even though your dreams don't come true, neither do your nightmares.

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

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

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

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

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

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.