Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one w….

Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got….

The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker..

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly..

How I love to get a letter! I can think of nothing better Than perusing an epistolary item. But deep is my despondence, For I've found that correspon….

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds..

In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young….

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short..

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through..

Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now bo….

The bride, white of hair, is stooped over her cane Her faltering footsteps need guiding. While down the church aisle, with wan toothless smile, The g….

My day-old son is plenty scrawny, his mouth is wide with screams, or yawny; His ears seem larger than he's needing, His nose is flat, his chin's rece….

Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion..

There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly..

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband ….

If only I kept my eye on the ball, Looking downward as does the pro there, I might not see where it was going, at all, But there might be a chance it….

G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole..

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread..

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less..

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then..

I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on..