The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.
I am not an Economist. I am an honest man!
Now is the time for all good men to come to.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.