For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.

Expectations are the rumors we spread inside us.

The art of our necessities is strangeThat can make vile things precious.

She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.

Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life.

I have often though morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.

... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can happen at any time too?

Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.