Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

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