Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.

Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one's vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.

Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.

For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.