A man may write himself out of reputation when nobody else can do it.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one.

It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

I got my start by giving myself a start.

Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

I think basically I just think I want everyone and don't really want anybody.

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.

I get emotionally involved with things I should not be.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.