He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

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

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.