I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.

Whether a man chooses to tell the truth in long sentences or short jokes is a problem analogous to whether he chooses to tell the truth in French or in German.

Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.

It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.