I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.

I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one... Then I thought he was a genus.

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.

If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of savagery.

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.