Cliche is Truth's most loyal friend...

There were two and only two messages that could have been comprehended by what he said.But neither of them was soothing

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.

Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that laughter is an antidote to apprehension and panic.

When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick.

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple.