"The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle."

"Experience is a good school, but the fees are high."

"Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess."

"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid."

"Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son metier. (God will forgive me. It's his job.)"

"The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin."

"What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead."

"The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all."

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it."

"Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels."

"Let me beg for your mercy if I have failed to earn your respect."

"Government is like Junior High. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute."