"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown."

"A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it."

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers."

"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children."

"Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it."

"Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means."

"'We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes."

"PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything."

"Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy."

"If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death."

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."