The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember.

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man

If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion and it may not be the truth.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

All large political doctrines are rich in difficult problems - problems that are quite above the average citizen's reach. And that is not strange, since they are also above the reach of the ablest minds in the country; after all the fuss and all the talk, not one of those doctrines has been conclusively proven to be the right one and the best.

Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.