"I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar."

"There's nothing more exciting than science. You get all the fun of sitting still, being quiet, writing down numbers, paying attention. Science has it all."

"Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other."

"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."

"Any fool can tell the truth; it takes talent to lie well."

"Reality isn't what it used to be."

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it."

"Winning is not everything but wanting to win is."

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

"My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact."

"Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult."