"They wanted facts. Facts! They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything."

"Boys don't make passes at female smartasses."

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."

"He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet."

"Early to rise and early to bed Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead"

"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."

"I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young."

"Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies."

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way."

"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more."