Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.

There are only five things really worth drawing; four of them are pretty girls and the fifth is cats.

In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.

English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.