Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.

I am not an Economist. I am an honest man!

Now is the time for all good men to come to.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.