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.

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

Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

The one word above all others that makes marriage successful is 'ours.'

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

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