A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

The anarch wages his own wars, even when marching in rank and file

My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.

Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.

With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish.

I don't have any insight or understanding on anything about the government. All I think is that it's stupid - which is the one perspective that's almost completely lacking in Washington.

Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.

Mmm. O positive, my favorite.

New Yorkers are so impersonal, if it wasn't for muggings there wouldn't be any contact at all!