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A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Love and Hate

I hate quotations.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Wisdom and Ignorance

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.

Benjamin Franklin, in Life and Death

Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.

Bellamy Brooks, in Altruism and Cynicism

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

John Burroughs, in Science and Religion

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Lillian Hellman, in Altruism and Cynicism

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

Timothy Leary, in Men and Women

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin, in Vice and Virtue

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Life and Death

I've never met a healthy person who worried much about his health or a good person who worried much about his soul.

Haldane, in Health and Disease and Vice and Virtue

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.

Doug Horton, in Vice and Virtue

Desperation is like stealing from the mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

Doug Horton, in Success and Failure

He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Confucius, in Work and Recreation

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Albert Einstein, in Work and Recreation

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Wisdom and Ignorance

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

Simon Cameron, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Robert Orben, in Law and Politics

Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

Russell Banks, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Riot: A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in War and Peace

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick, in Science and Religion