“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”

“We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.”

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”

“I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife’s brother.”

“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”

“Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.”

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”

“If you’re choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, ‘Heimlich maneuver,’ and all will be well. Trouble is, it’s difficult to say ‘Heimlich maneuver’ when you’re choking to death.”

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”

“We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.”