When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
The engine died and then the doors swung open.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.