It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

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

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.