"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"You may regret your silence once, but you will regret your words often."

"Nothing makes your sense of humor disappear faster than having somebody ask you where it is."

"Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us."

"The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world."

"Most religions do not make men better, only warier."

"Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them."

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."

"No question is ever settled until it is settled right."

"The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding."

"There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite side. I keep them completely separate in my mind."

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."