Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.

When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.

No man should dogmatize except on the subject of theology. Here he can take his stand, and by throwing the burden of proof on the opposition, he is invincible. We have to die to find out whether he is right.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

God is good, there is no devil but fear.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.