We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

To stand still is to fall behind.

And what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, political, or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies.

I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a small way or a large way.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.