1375  Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

999  Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

1150  It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right

665  The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

728  The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.