To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.

Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

Nobody has ever seen an electron. Nor a thought. You can't see a thought, you can't measure, weigh, nor taste it- but thoughts are the most real things in the Galaxy.