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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.