Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.
Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.
Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.
Always tell her she is beautiful, especially if she is not.
Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.
Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!
In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.
Analogy is even slipperier than logic.
Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter – and much safer.
If tempted by something that feels ‘altruistic,’ examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!
The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That’s a personal evaluation, of course.
The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. – Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.
A zest for living must include a willingness to die.
I’m not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.
A man who marries at my age isn’t taking a wife, he’s indenturing a nurse.
Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt. By living every golden minute as if one had all Eternity.
Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo. Oh, a sense of sin comes from violating the customs of your tribe. But breaking custom is not sin even when it feels so; sin is wronging another person.
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.