Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. A thing which is not thoroughly easy to do, when we reflect that by command of the law a criminal juror must be an intellectual vacuum, attached to a melting heart and perfectly macaronian bowels of compassion.

No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts, and express themselves in varying forms-fortunately harmless forms as a rule.

An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.