- “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so”
- “Put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket”
- “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect”
- “I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened”
- “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”
- “Don’t use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do”
