Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.