It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

I always wake up at the crack of ice.

Fay: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. Truscott: That is a mistake which has been rectified.

Exceptions prove the rule, and wreck the budget.

You can't cheat an honest man. Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

"Yes, that was Richard Nixon. He used to be President. When he left the White House, the Secret Service would count the silverware."