Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

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.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

A good liar must have a good memory.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.