"Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason."

"To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks."

"The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."

"I don't want to buy anything, sell anything or process anything. I don't want to process anything bought or sold, or buy anything processed or sold, or sell anything bought, sold or processed."

"Once they were men. Now they are land crabs."

"Promise me that if you become a Christian you'll become a Presbyterian."

"That action is best which procures the greatest happiness."

"As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled."

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness."

"Just once, I wish we would encounter an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."

"I hate the word housewife; I don't like the word home-maker either. I want to be called Domestic Goddess."

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."