One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it. They also believed the world was flat.

Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.

You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away) hundreds and hundreds of religions; today he has hundreds and hundreds of religions, and launches not fewer than three new ones every year. I could enlarge on that number and still be within the facts.

You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do

It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.

Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.

[Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys of life or you too will say...] There has been much tragedy in my life; [and] at least half of it actually happened.