Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.

It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him.

The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet.

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself.

Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it.

Truth is no road to fortune.

Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.

if anybody feels unworthy to enter heaven, well then at least let heaven enter his soul.

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

And the aura of you remains, remains, remains...

A man's world, but a white man's planet.

The Bible says "faith without works is nothing" so destiny is great, fate is great, faith is great - but you still have to work at it. I don't just sit at home and wait for it all to unfold.

Gardening is the purest of human pleasures.

The fear of God kills all other fears.

I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines.