Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.