Reason: The Arithmetic Of The Emotions.

Action Is Thought Tempered By Illusion.

It Is Always The Nearest, Plainest And Simplest Principles That Learned Men Comprehend Last.

One Can Play Comedy, Two Are Required For Melodrama, But A Tragedy Demands Three.

As A Career, The Business Of An Orthodox Preacher Is About As Successful As That Of A Celluloid Dog Chasing An Asbestos Cat Through Hell.

Theology, By Diverting The Attention Of Men From This Life To Another, And By Endeavoring To Coerce All Men Into One Religion, Constantly Preaching That This World Is Full Of Misery, But The Next World Would Be Beautiful - Or Not, As The Case May Be - Has Forced On Men The Thought Of Fear Where Otherwise There Might Have Been The Happy Abandon Of Nature.