Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.