Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.