There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

Every life is its own excuse for being.

No man should dogmatize except on the subject of theology. Here he can take his stand, and by throwing the burden of proof on the opposition, he is invincible. We have to die to find out whether he is right.

When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.

One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.