Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

You can judge this book by its cover.

A child's name is his portal to the world.

I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.

To change the world It starts with one step However small First step is hardest of all.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird.

If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

A boy is the only known substance from which a man can be made.

If I beat my against this desk, maybe things will make sense," Angela murmured. "Or if I beat someone else's head against this desk...." She eyed Jared speculatively