Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food.

An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.