“You want to be careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught”
Convicted today of four counts of perjury, giving false statements, and obstruction of justice, Scooter Libby was apparently not careful enough. He got caught.
“Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.”
Do not expect more goodness of a man than you yourself posses. If you find more, then let it be a surprise – and something to strive for in yourself, for it will be expected of you.
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid”
Has reality television and the vast PR machine that defines much of American popular culture perverted what it means to be famous and given celebrity to those that do nothing more than cackle the loudest?