Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.

It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You offered to cook." "Ben Caxton, I will lie here and starve before I will get up to push a button six inches from your finger" "As you wish." He pressed the button. "But don't forget who cooked dinner.

The intelligent fights only when he must and never for sport.

Faith is intellectual laziness.