"The only way to get a friend is to be one."

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."

"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."

"The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor."

"To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?"