Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

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

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.