The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

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

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

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

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.