"Somebody who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world"

"The average man's judgement is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it."

"He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide."

"I'm not apt to be getting married in the near future and my lifestyle isn't apt to dramatically change as a result of any new relationship."

"Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company."

"it is possible to fool all of the people all of the time--when government and press cooperate."

"People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains."

"Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish."

"As pity moved into that hole inside her, she discovered how distant pity was from hate, how very far it was from love."

"Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing."

"That orgy of wishful thinking that has passed for logic in the present century."

"Anybody can sympathise with the suffering of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."