"Fleeing from death is the shortest path to a wasted life."

"Our flag is red,white, and blue. But our nation is a rainbow-Red,Yellow,brown,black, and white-and we're all precious in God's sight."

"Death is an old joke, but it comes fresh to everyone."

"A big book is a big bore."

"I am not an American who 'will cut the cloth of my conscience to fit this year's fashions.'"

"If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking."

"First mend yourself, and then mend others."

"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is a human owl, vigilant in darkness, and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game."

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

"Even the longest day has its end."

"Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools."

"It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are."