Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise