"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever."

"It is by acts and not by ideas that people live."

"To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures."

"It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot."

"Innocence more often than not is a piece of good fortune rather than a virtue."

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."

"Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to learn to do it better."

"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."

"Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings."

"A girl phoned me the other day and said 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home."

"The lottery is a tax on people who flunked math."

"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session."