Of all tyrannies democracy is the most agonizing, the most inane, the absolute fall of everything great and elevated.

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

Paranoia is just a kind of awareness, and awareness is just a form of love.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned.

A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished.

Speak of things public to the public, but of things lofty and secret only to the loftiest and most private of your friends. Hay to the ox and sugar to the parrot.

Pain is a very precious gift. Do not waste it.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.