Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

A half truth is a whole lie.