"You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence."

"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."

"People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold."

"A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune."

"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!"

"The shortest answer is the doing the thing."

"Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child."

"The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires."

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

"...it is not by reflection and intelligence, but by perception, that the highest and purest truths are attained."

"Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!'"

"You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can see the whole trip that way."