Even here, even now, one did not joke about the Emperor.
Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.
And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and children, gathering all the valuables and things he thought of importance, and...
Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Be a leader with a ladder, not a boss with an order.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.