Be your own judge and you will be happy.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.