The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby

I don't. I look my age; and I am my age. It is the other people who look older than they are. What can you expect from people who eat corpses and drink spirits?

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.