"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."

"Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do."

"You pile up enough tomorrows and you'll be left with nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering."

"It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do."

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is neccessary."

"When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind."

"He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain."

"Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you."

"I row after health like a waterman..."

"Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to 'get by.'"

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane."

"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session."