A witty saying proves nothing.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

To have died once is enough.

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. [There is no great genius without some touch of madness.]

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.

If the ends don't justify the means, then what does?

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

In the long run we are all dead.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Before you ask more questions, think about whether you really want to know the answers.

Some performers on television appear to be horrible people, but when you finally get to know them in person, they turn out to be even worse.

If what they've been doing hasn't solved the problem, tell them to do something else.

Getting kicked out of the American Bar Association is liked getting kicked out of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

With all the talent around, it's sort of amazing that a woman could be up here with us.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

How do you explain school to a higher intelligence?

I value kindness to human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and old men

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

May you live in uninteresting times.

Don't guess