I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.