I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.

Even theories must have foundations.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe.

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.