History: gossip well told.

Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell the truth but to satisfy the questioner.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

Every tyrant who ever lived has believed in freedom — for himself.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.