A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot

Women are like teabags; you never know their strength until they're in hot water

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty will be charged to dangers, real or imagined, from abroad

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then

It's not the winning or taking part that's important, it's the making sure the French don't get anything from it.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Microsoft is to operating systems & security ... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out

While it's important to win, it's imperative to compete

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think

A book is a garden carried in the pocket

Peace if possible, truth at all costs