"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."

"In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence."

"To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me."

"I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise."

"When two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs."

"All general statements are false."

"Science is nothing but perception."

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."

"Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied."

"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."

"Sometimes people are on the outside looking in because they don鈥檛 have any money. But sometimes people are on the outside looking in because they don鈥檛 have any class."

"Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone."