“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”

“Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”

“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.”

“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. ”

“man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer”

“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.”

“The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past. ”