"Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it."

"It is a common delusion that you can make things better by talking about them."

"One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of attention, and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied but to be read."

"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"

"If the man had every other baby there would never be a fourth."

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

"Every now and then I like to lean out my window, look up and smile for a satellite picture."

"Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius."

"Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again."

"History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history."

"Peace is not God's gift to His creatures. It is our gift - to each other."

"Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties."