Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

... brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.

In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is never to let them find out.

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.

Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds.

Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion -- i.e., none to speak of.

Never try to out-stubborn a cat.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way again.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Women will forgive anything ... Otherwise the race would have died out long ago.