Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

I feel, like all modern Americans, no consciousness of sin and simply do not believe in it. All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.