Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

That which costs little is less valued.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

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

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

A lie never lives to be old.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

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

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

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

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.