In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.

It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It could probably be show by facts and figures that there is no distinctively native American criminal class except Congress.

Wrinkles merely mark where smiles have been.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change of attitude.

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.

During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when the entire American economy fell into a government-owned alligator moat, crime was nearly non-existent. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was excellent, crime rose again.

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.