To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.
Oaths are the fossils of piety.
It is true that I am carrying out various methods of treatment recommended by doctors and dentists in the hope of dying in the remote future in perfect health.
A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.