Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Neversay more than is necessary.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.