A joke's a very serious thing.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.