People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.