A man who loses his money gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.
Man is unique in that he has plans, purpose and goals which require the need for criteria of choice. The need for ethical value is within man whose future may largely be determined by the choice he make.
I was convinced that Ceylon is the cradle of the human race because everyone there looks an original.
My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I’m a free citizen.
Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity.
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don’t sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.
You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous – the ice of life is slippery.
Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.
We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.
All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
The 100% American is 99% idiot.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.