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

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.

Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

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

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.