wisdom Quotes

All generalizations are false, including this one.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.