Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Boards don't hit back.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.