Clergyman's

“It was nice to borrow a slice of extra time.”
— Francesca Marciano

“Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.”
– H. L. Mencken

“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
– John Ciardi