Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence.

A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.

Money is a powerful aphrodisiac but flowers work almost as well.