"Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others."

"The written word can be erased - not so with the spoken word."

"It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie."

"A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog."

"It strkes me as singularly inappropriate for a school to use its students for fund-raising. It reminded me of the first time I saw a gypsy mother send her baby out to beg."

"There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin -- I will die in the last ditch."

"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is growing up."

"A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house."

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

"Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness."