Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

You can't raise happy kids in a happy family if you aren't happy and don't know who you are. You can't pin your life on someone else's happiness.

On some days it felt like we owned the Earth, and the only place left to expand to was the next planet down the line.

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control.

I really love dogs. When I see a dog, I go crazy, it's like, “Oh my God, come here, come here!”

one of the greatest hindrances to happiness in the present day is our tendency to standardize our conception of it.

...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.

It’s only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get tenderness.

Books are, let's face it, better than everything else.

Success is a wonderful addition to my life.