A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.