"The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it."

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."

"Religion is pickled God."

"Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom"

"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft."

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."

"You have to expect things of yourself before you do them."

"Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself."

"If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter."

"There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted."

"A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip."

"Advice, like medicine, should be given in small does; that a little is good doesn't mean more will be better."