"Wit is cultured insolence...." - Quote by Aristotle

“But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.”

“Friends enhance our ability to think and act.”

“A person's life persuades better than his word.”

“I never stop running. I'm not one of the weenies who drop out just because the electoral college votes. I'm still in the race. I'm an extremely corrupt candidate and I stress that in case anybody in our reading audience is interested in sending me money.”

“The average tax payer is not a big voluntary supporter of the arts. The only art that the average taxpayer buys voluntarily either has a picture of Bart Simpson on it or little suction cups on its feet so you can stick it onto a car window.”

“Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.”

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”

“It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.”

“In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips.”