"He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."

"Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life"

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new."

"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

"Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

"I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me America."

"The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny."

"Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!"

"He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak."

"Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price."