The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.