Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.