Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.