“Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.”

“Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.”

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!”

“Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.”

“Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.”

“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

“There are no walls, no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.”

“On the night of New Years Day, I thought of a wonderful New Years resolution for the men who run the world: get to know the people who only live in it.”

“The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.”

“He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.”