“A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.”
“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
“Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.”
“Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.”
“Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.”
“Never fight an inanimate object.”
“Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is not in the least worthy.”
“An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.”
“In the state of nature…all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.”
“The love of democracy is that of equality.”