The stars incline, but do not impel.

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.

Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.

The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were damned.... Our hymns were loaded with arrogance - self-congratulation on how cozy we were with the Almighty and what a high opinion he had of us, what hell everybody else would catch come Judgment Day.

I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not

Budget the luxuries first.

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.