I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

... Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth...

Follow the urge of the spirit of God into the next destination in our journey of faith as a Nation.

Come and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.

The role of the judge is simply to decide cases.

What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

The biblical way to express God’s love to a sinner is to show him how great his sin is (using the Law—see Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:24), and then give him the incredible grace of God in Christ.

It is one of my rules in life, never to notice what I don't understand.

History must stay open, it is all humanity.