In "King Henry VI, Part II," Shakespeare has Dick Butcher suggest to his fellow anti-establishment rabble-rousers, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." That action may be extreme but a similar sentiment was expressed by Thomas K. Co

Some scholars are like donkeys, they merely carry a lot of books.

The best you get is an even break.

A good name lost is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.

"There was an interesting development in the CBS-Westmoreland trial: both sides agreed that after the trial, Andy Rooney would be allowed to talk to the jury for three minutes about little things that annoyed him during the trial."

Adde parvum parvo manus acervus erit. [Add little to little and there will be a big pile.]

"You boys lookin' for trouble?" "Sure. Whaddya got?"

There has been a little distress selling on the stock exchange.

A word to the wise is enough.

Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

Then, gently touching my face, she hesitated for a moment as her incredible eyes poured forth into mine love, joy, pain, tragedy, acceptance, and peace. "'Bye for now," she said warmly.

Leave no stone unturned.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Getting into trouble is easy.

When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

You get what you pay for.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

God instructs the heart, not by ideas, but by pains and contradictions.

Fortune and love befriend the bold.

I didn't believe in reincarnation in any of my other lives. I don't see why I should have to believe in it in this one.

A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that balances are correct.

Fortune's Guide to Freshman Notetaking: WHEN THE PROFESSOR SAYS: YOU WRITE: Probably the greatest quality of the poetry John Milton

If what they've been doing hasn't solved the problem, tell them to do something else.

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

I just asked myself... what would John DeLorean do?

Just remember, wherever you go, there you are.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Take the folks at Coca-Cola. For many years, they were content to sit back and make the same old carbonated beverage. It was a good beverage, no question about it; generations of people had grown up drinking it and doing the experiment in sixth gr

I value kindness to human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and old men

I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were all these aisles and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy

If a thing's worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Fill what's empty, empty what's full, scratch where it itches.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.

Live fast, die young, and leave a flat patch of fur on the highway!

Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, delve deep into the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In work, be competent. In action, be careful of your timing.

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

Haste makes waste.