"Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best."

"You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence."

"Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are."

"As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject."

"When there's a lot of light, you don't notice the dark. When there's a lot of dark you always notice the light."

"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures..."

"The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents."

"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses."

"Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."

"There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody."

"We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others."

"The shortest distance between two points is not a very interesting journey."