To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, read more

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.

I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.