"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run."

"Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth."

"Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made."

"All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy."

"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."

"I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features."

"It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we admire him."

"The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another--no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."

"If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it."

"Happiness is a warm puppy."

"Life is largely a matter of expectation."

"Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness."