Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.