The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.