If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Middle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you.

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency.