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.

When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.

The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.

Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?

Belief gets in the way of learning.

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