Physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse—without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible.

Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a license. Once a marriage is dead, it is dead, and it begins to stink faster than a dead fish.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice -- don't gamble.

Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.

Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.