If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.