The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind