Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Terrorists killed a lot fewer people than bathroom falls and accidental electrocutions.