"The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."

"The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools."

"Death is an old joke, but it comes fresh to everyone."

"Consciousness of our powers augments them."

"This is getting on my nerves, now that I have them."

"Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves."

"I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

"Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing."

"I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them."

"One should count each day a separate life."

"Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."