Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.