Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one’s friends.
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one’s friends.
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.
One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by conviction.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile–hoping it will eat him last.
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.