Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

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

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.