If a man has a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.

There must be more to life than having everything.

Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

VII. Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot. This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

All religions issue Bibles against Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side.

One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus, tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was taken away he made a bargain with the king: in one year he would teach the king's favorite horse to sing hymns. The other prisoners wa

I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

If two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it.

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."