It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.

Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.

If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all.