He's an honest politician--he stays bought.

Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

An armed society is a polite society.

The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort.