Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

And what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.

Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.

We get our morals from books. I didn't get mine from books, but I know that morals do come from books- theoretically at least.