. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable.

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more hardheaded.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

I often reread books I have written