Thoughtful Thursday

"The heart of a fool is his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is his heart."
- Benjamin Franklin

"The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent."
- David Mamet

"Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm."
- Graham Greene

"The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the secrets of government and inform the people."
- Hugo L. Black

"Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with a source of nourishment."
- Victor Hugo

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
- George Washington

"The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned."
- Somerset Maugham