I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.