Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.