“In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.”

“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”

“We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.”

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

“Under the greenwood tree who loves to lie with me … Here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weather.”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”

“After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.”

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”