"Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place."

"Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it."

"To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add sheep was a tautology."

"The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"When a disciple from the wildcat religious asylum comes marching forth, get under the bed. It doesn't matter whether he's a Christian, Hindu, Jew or Muslim."

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

"But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."

"The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing."

"The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent teen pregnancies is ridiculous. That's like offering a cookbook as a cure to people who are trying to lose weight."

"Everybody dies. What matters is what you do between now and when it happens to you."

"Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness."

"The true university of these days is a collection of books."