“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”

“There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.”

“There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”

“No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.”

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”

“Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.”

“It is naive to think that sport is above politics, that any kind of level playing field exists, or that sport allows the world to put its problems on hold.”

“Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”