"The very best thing, of course, is to have a good laugh. But if you can't have that, a good cry is not bad either."

"I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders."

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

"We are told that an Indian cannot be made to feel a slight. I confess I have never found an Indian who could not."

"The only antidote to materialism is simplicity."