We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.
Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
A ship in harbor is safe— but that is not what ships are for.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell upon their knees. Then they fell upon the aborigines.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment – halftime.