"Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness?"

"So, this doesn't mean anything, but at least it's not obvious nonsense."

"Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base."

"It can be shown that for any nutty theory, beyond-the-fringe political view, or strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an exercise for your kill-file."

"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about."

"If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down."

"We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual."

"Beauty is the purgation of superfluities."

"Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground."

"Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."

"MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway."