A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.