Man is the only animal that deals in that atorcity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind.

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.

A marriage...makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.

College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.

People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.

It's not the parts of the Bible I don't know that worries me...it's the parts that I do.