Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces our death rate in retail and then kills us wholesale in war; but only wisdom - desire coordinated in the light of all experience - can tell us when to heal and when to kill.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.