Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

S'pose a man was to come to you and say Pollyvoo-franzy - what would you think?

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine.

...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours....All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race.