The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine.

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.