You canobserve a lot by just watching.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.