when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them.

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

She isn't like any of the girls I ever knew, or any of the girls I was myself.

Without justice there can be no love.

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy.

When you can’t imagine how things are going to change, that doesn’t mean that nothing will change. It means that things will change in ways that are unimaginable.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.

There are some people the gestation period is like an elephant's and it's just years and years before they're ready.

For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes.

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.