The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Though I am faced with many adversities, my heart will not faint.

Love is at the very root of having a positive attitude.

The cat is the beutiful devil. And here we can use the word, even without the “a.”- from a Dec. 21 1960, a letter to Sheri Martinelli"On Cats

The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.

Guys who can't take care of their own women always covet other guys' women

Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service.

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.