A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

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

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.