Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.

God's noblest work. Man who found it out? Man.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.