"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes."

"He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things."

"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way."

"Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts."

"You don't get real reform by pandering to every special interest. With cap and trade we wound up with a bill that didn't accomplish much, was enormously complicated and expensive."

"I want my words to survive translation."

"I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic."

"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake."