"I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good"