Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.

One horse-laugh is worth ten-thousand syllogisms.

The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on 'I am not too sure'.

The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.