"There is nothing in the world that can take the place of persistence."

"The very first principle of life is this: Never let anybody get your goat."

"It is a common thing for a man to be in love with his wife when she is dead."

"The very first thing I want to do is to get hold of a white man and get him to tell me how he feels about being white."

"It seems to me that the human race is like a lot of children playing in a nursery, and the grown-ups are not coming."