If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.

I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.

My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.

Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.

Plenty of people get excited about the universe.

I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.

I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.