The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.