Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

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

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

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.