"No sane man will dance...." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.”

“Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.”

“While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.”

“I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault - you could not hit anything with it.”

“I bowled a 129... It was like the Special Olympics or something!”

“The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.”

“Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.”

“Let lovers be crazy, disgraceful and wild Those who fret about such things Aren’t in love.”

“I well recall my horror when I heard for the first time, of a journalist who had laid in a pair of what were then called bicycle pants and taken to golf; it was as if I had encountered a studhorse with his hair done up in frizzes, and pink bowknots peeking out of them. It seemed, in some vague way, ignominious, and even a bit indelicate.”