He who reflects too much will achieve little.

Honor women! they entwine and weave heavenly roses in our earthly life.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

The will of man is his happiness.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.

There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

Graduate study is an intensive education.

No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.

Observe, Remember, Compare.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.

We swim, day by day, on a river of delusions, and are effectually amused with houses and towns in the air, of which the men aboutus are dupes. But life is a sincerity.

Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.

If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.

It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but it isn't profound.

I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!