Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first!

Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.

Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes, as useful to the race as eyes are to the individual.

Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.

Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs. Librarians didn't look glamorous to me but maybe Dad had hit on a not very obvious truth.

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.

Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage.