If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

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

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.