Just because it looks and shines like a diamond, doesn't necessarily make it one.

Such an impolite person. He is honest with everyone.

Hopelessness makes you a futile wanderer. Hope makes your life a wonder

I think Paul Sarbanes and his wife Christine socialized with them [George and Heather Mitchell] more than I did, but we all hung out, or we saw each other in groups.

I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.

All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.

Would you phone the president of Ghana?

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin.

So are we going to continue glaring angrily at each other while we pose in our tough stances? Or use our time to work out a plan that hopefully doesn’t end with our mutual deaths? (Acheron)