Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements?

Does it seem sometimes that you are always the one to break an embarrassing silence — and always by saying something more embarrassing than the silence?

Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons.

Everything happens for the purpose of what you decide to do about it.

There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.

There is a public me and a private me, who, if they were separate people, probably wouldn't exchange Christmas cards.

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.