Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.