I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Keepthings 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

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

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

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.