“if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like”

“The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.”

“We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.”

“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.”

“They were unlikely neighbors, and unlikely neighbors were the most likely to give each other trouble.”

“So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's impossible. It's just very unlikely". At that he said, "You are very unscientific. If you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" But that is the way that is scientific. It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.”

“It is likely that unlikely things should happen”