"It is a subtle truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together."

"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."

"Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro."

"Wisdom principle 31 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 99."

"Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations."

"To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms."

"First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white."

"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right."