To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Use softwords and hard arguments.