The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.

There never will be enough for everything while the world goes on. The more that is given the more there will be needed.

If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.