The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion.

Man is the cruelest animal.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.

I bet you if I had met him [Trotsky] and had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I never yet met a man that I didn't like.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.