No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.

Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

Calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people… As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected.

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.