Courage is grace under pressure.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.