First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.

I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.

I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.

Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.

There is only one duty; that is to be happy.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.