"When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others."

"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true."

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach."

"Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification."

"Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity."

"The best way to get approval is not to need it."

"In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out."

"The first casualty when war comes is truth."

"Every once in a while, take the scenic route."