“Those who travel the high road of humility in Washington, D.C. are not bothered by heavy traffic.”

“He never lost his sense of humor. Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. That’s what humor is. He never hated anyone. He knew what his mother and my mother always knew: hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.”

Alan Simpson on George HW Bush at his funeral.

“I once heard it said that the idea is to die young, as late as possible.”

George W Bush of his father, George HW Bush.