The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.

An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too, and that maketh him very wary.

An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too and that maketh him very wary.

Don Quixote could never manage without his patient servant Sancho Panza.

When you are silent on the truth, you have given a transport fare for the lie to travel and spread fast.

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do

I want to spend my time at colleges and universities.

Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.

People are waking up in their homes - without conferences. They're waking up because life is waking them up, not because of some conference called "Body and Soul."

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.