It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office.

Texas is a great state. It's the 'Old Man River' of states. No matter who runs it or what happens to it politically, it just keeps rolling along!

That's the trouble with our charities; we are always saving somebody away off, when the fellow next to us ain't eating.