Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!