Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits