"I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget."

"The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them."

"'Opposites are cures for opposites."

"I don't know why red fades before blue it just does."

"Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality."

"Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues. ('Puppies and pigs have a very different smell.')"

"Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key."

"Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water."

"A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large."

"If my religion is true, it will stand up to all my questioning; there is no need to fear."

"Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."