If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, read more

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in
owning anything unshared.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives read more

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for read more

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.

Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry read more

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. read more

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what
one does.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what
one does.