"That orgy of wishful thinking that has passed for logic in the present century."

"Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future."

"It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil."

"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."

"It's amusing how people express the fact that they're speechless by speaking."

"Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others."

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

"It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."

"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it."

"RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded."