The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

We shape our buildings and they shape us.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquence.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

If it can be dreamed, it can be done.

You cannot compile a wit out of two half-wits.

If there’s one thing I know it’s God does love a good joke.

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.