"A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."

"Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints."

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."

"Nature is a mutable cloud, which is always and never the same."

"The reward for a thing well done is to have done it."

"We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples."

"If all these sweet young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the slightest bit suprised."

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

"The best of the houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness."

"Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings."

"Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax."

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."