It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it from its obscurity and summon the genie and command him to crown her with power and greatness and bring to her feet the hoarded treasures of the earth.

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.

The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.

I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language.

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.