My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it
A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.