"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because i…"

"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a convic…"

"Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen.…"

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

"History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always f…"

"We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than they care t…"

"One of the reasons why mature people are apt to learn less than young people is that they are willing to risk less. L…"

"The future announces itself from afar. But most people are not listening. The noisy clatter of the present drowns out…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"