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

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.