to exist is to change,
to change is to mature,
to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.