Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol