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

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.