"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

"You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company."

"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

"It is better to live rich than to die rich."

"I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am."

"Science is but the statement of truth found out."

"ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction."

"I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them."

"NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it."

"HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads."

"We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police."