We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.