We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language.

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --