“Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.”

Under every stone lurks a politician.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.

Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?

The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

An actor should refine public taste.

Comedy is allied to justice.

One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.

She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you’re an atheist, pretend how God would do it.

There’s a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.