Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.

The heart is the only broken instrument that works.

[A] final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works.

He sometimes ran a purple ribbon through his typewriter and gushed where he should have dammed.

Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now.'

Virtue is its own revenge.