"Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary."

"A human being is an animal suspended in webs of significance which he himself has spun."

"The pain of dispute exceeds, by much, its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when people are deaf I am dumb."

"If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed a good idea at the time.'"

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

"In a minute there is time for decision and revisions that a minute will reverse."

"Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection."

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life?"

"The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals."

"The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life."

"Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess."