The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Every thing to be true must become a religion.

The best people to work for are me, myself and I.

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.