 Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. |
| What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? |
| Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. |
| Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. |
| To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated. |
| What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization. |
| Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. |
| It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead. |
| One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. |
| Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. |
| The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom. |
| What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. |
| Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. |
| People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart. |
| The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. |
| You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured. |
| From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. |
| What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? |
| Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science. |
| No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself. |
