The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.

Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

Making out an invitation list for a party brings out the worst in everyone. It is then that our most ruthless estimates of the people we know come into play.

The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.