"Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content."

"One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the mind, and can search the stars with a telescope and not find God."

"When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness... I was right."

"Fear is the darkroom where the Devil develops his negatives."

"If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist?"

"Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world [chess] championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."

"A penny saved is a penny earned."

"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power."

"My punishment is greater than I can bear"

"He that jokes confesses."

"Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny."

"Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it."