"He who has never hoped can never despair."

"When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth."

"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

"My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world."

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

"My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably."

"Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process."

"It's not in how many times you fall down, what matters is how many times you get back up."

"We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child."

"If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one."

"As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it."

"Conscience is the chamber of justice."